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Field Notes

Description:

Small lizard about 6-7" long. Extremely fast. Was sunning in these leaves. Seen at the Portland Nursery in NE Portland.

Habitat:

Plant nursery, under wooden pallets, amongst potted plants. Some large trees&bushes too.

Notes:

The nursery occasionally gets shipments of plants from Florida that have small lizards, frogs, spiders, centipedes, etc.

Species ID Suggestions

Curly-tailed lizard

Leiocephalus spp.

Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Comments (2)

There are at least 28 species of Leiocephalus originating mostly from the Caribbean. Without the lizard in hand to examine scale counts, it may be impossible to determine which species. It is definitely not native and should be captured and placed into captivity if possible.
Hi there! This doesn't look to be any of the native species, and it doesn't look to be a wall lizard either (they haven't been recorded in Oregon either). This being from a plant nursery, it is very likely that this came in on a plant from who knows where, meaning it could be anything! If you know where many of the plants come from, at least if they mostly come from one continent or another, that may help with narrowing it down. Unfortunately this happens a lot and it's how animals end up in places they aren't supposed to be!
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PublishedOctober 16, 2015

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