Upon checking the status of my tiny lemons this morning, I discovered something else was checking them out also!
This little fellow is a Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) which is the only anole native to Florida. You can tell it is a male by the presence of the pink dewlap he's displaying in the photo below.
Although I'm not a fan of reptiles (sea turtles exempted, of course!), I am happy to see this little fellow in my yard. The population of green anoles is being seriously depleted by the invasion of non-native Cuban brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) which are larger, compete for food, and, sadly, kill our daintier Green anoles.
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