A Green Iguana “chills” in a parking lot in Boca Raton, FL. (Photo: Boca Daily News)
Don’t feed the iguanas in Boca Raton, or you may face a ticket under an ordinance introduced Tuesday night by the city council.
One of South Florida’s most infamous invasive species was one of several on a list of nuisance or vermin species on a list of animals that may no longer be fed by the public. Green iguanas, native to Central and South America, were first reported in South Florida in the 1960s in Miami-Dade County after 300 individuals were intentionally released by an exotic pet dealer in Hialeah, followed by subsequent escapes and releases through the illegal pet trade…