An expert has raised concerns after more confirmed sightings of an invasive lizard species in Florida.
What’s happening?
There have been 27 sightings of the Peter’s rock agama lizard in Duval County, according to First Coast News.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission noted that it is an invasive species native to Africa, and it first appeared in South Florida about 50 years ago.
First Coast News reported that there have been more than 2,000 confirmed sightings in Miami-Dade County. But now, the species is spreading in Duval.
“A lot of non-native species get around through rafting,” Eric Suarez, a leader in invasive species research at the University of Florida, told First Coast News. “It’s hitchhiking on vehicles. They’ll just go wherever you take them, basically.”…