Are invasive iguanas coming to Tampa Bay?

At first, you could only find them in Miami.

Now, they scamper across Pinellas County park roads, delighting — or sometimes spooking — tourists. They swim in retention ponds beside Palm Harbor hospice centers, hide in backyard brambles behind Seminole Heights homes and sun themselves on sailboat decks overlooking Clearwater Harbor.

Green iguanas are invasive to Florida, and they love its tropical weather and coastal landscape…

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