On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:19:42 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:33:53 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

I heard rat snakes get pretty big. Best not to keep him around, eh?

They don't hurt anything I want to have here.
I see quite a few rat snakes but the black racers tend to keep them
down a bit. This is an adult "yellow"
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/yellow_rat_snake.jpg

That one brings back fond memories of a belt I had when Disco was
king.

I had a black racer in the screen cage for about 3 weeks. He ate all
the lizards, frogs and pretty much anything else that moved. I was
going to keep him but my wife said he had to go.

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Black%20racer.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Black%20Racer%202.jpg

These guys are pretty
not to be confused with the coral snake (that has a black nose)

Would have fooled me. I think I would be running too fast to check
its nose.

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/scarlet_snake.jpg

Lots of lizards down there too.

Mostly anoles and a few gecko. The Cuban anoles pretty much ate all
the chameleons years ago. They are very rare now

I've only identified 2 lizard species down there.
Little ones with a whole tail and little ones missing some tail.
But I've never been in the brush.
Maybe the chameleons have adapted to the point of invisibility.

--Vic