Lizard on patio

[ShaunBLAZE]

Being new to the south I'm not used to seeing lizards in their natural habitat. Kind of freaked me out when I saw this on my patio this morning. Then I thought about trying to catch it but I didn't have anything to put it in. Anyone what type of lizard this is? Based off of what I found online it looks like a gecko. Anyway just thought I share and see if anyone had any info on them.

 

[Mojeans69]

looks like geico to me...spellcheck that lol

 

[BadgerType]

yeah, lizards are normal in the SE... especially in fla

 

[xluben]

did he try to sell you auto insurance with an english accent?

 

[ShaunBLAZE]

did he try to sell you auto insurance with an english accent?

LOL. That was the first thing I thought about when I saw it.

 

[cg6boi]

florida has a couple different species of geckos, most common is the house gecko and based off the color and size it most likely is, their good for the house so keep around, they will eat all the unnessasary insects

 

[Sinful]

Hmm I'm pretty sure its a green anole. I used to own 2 of them. http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Wildlife/Lizards.html

 

[cg6boi]

im not sure if anoles are common in florida, it looks a tad to big for the green anoles, if it was the brown caribbean ones maybe,u could be right though, i to used to have some green anoles, i used to have a whole bunch of reptiles, 6 green anoles in a 60gal, 3 green iguanas that had free run in my room, 3 red ear sliders in a 150gal, 2 tokay geckos in a 40gal, and a savanah monitor in a 80gal....i was really into it for a long time, i only have one iguana now...the gf didnt want to may anymore, she said the house was to hot....sad

 

[AFAccord]

 

[cg6boi]

yep thats a green anole