Comments on: The Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis carolinensis) in the Wild and Captivity; – Natural History – Part 1 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2008/10/17/the-green-anole-anolis-carolinensis-carolinensis-in-the-wild-and-captivity-%e2%80%93-natural-history-part-1/ That Pet Place Reptile Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2008/10/17/the-green-anole-anolis-carolinensis-carolinensis-in-the-wild-and-captivity-%e2%80%93-natural-history-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-791 findiviglio Mon, 11 May 2009 17:06:30 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=90#comment-791 Hello Stephen, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for your interest in our blog. I apologize for being so long in responding. The delay was caused by a technical difficulty which has now been resolved. Unfortunately, winters in eastern TN are a bit too cold for typically tropical animals. The native green anole just makes it into the southeastern part of the state, but the introduced species are all limited to southern Florida. As far as another location, technically, the only semi-tropical region in the USA is southern Florida, although southern California and Texas, are, as you mention, fairly safe. Even in northern Florida, cold snaps kill off native lizards, and green anoles from south Florida cannot tolerate even a typical winter in the northern part of the state. Living in eastern TN or adjoining areas of Georgia or the Carolinas will allow you to house tropical herps outdoors for a major portion of the year (far longer than here in NY, where it is about 50F as I write!), but you will need winter accommodations. I once assured a herpetologist friend from Venezuela, who was relocating to TN, that it was quite warm there year-round…he arrived, clad in shorts and sandals, to 2 feet of snow! Please let me know if you have any specific animals in mind, and I’ll provide more detailed information…some contacts of mine have kept herps outdoors in northern Florida for many years, and their experience might be useful in providing general guidelines for other areas. Good luck, please keep me posted. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello Stephen, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for your interest in our blog.

I apologize for being so long in responding. The delay was caused by a technical difficulty which has now been resolved.

Unfortunately, winters in eastern TN are a bit too cold for typically tropical animals. The native green anole just makes it into the southeastern part of the state, but the introduced species are all limited to southern Florida.

As far as another location, technically, the only semi-tropical region in the USA is southern Florida, although southern California and Texas, are, as you mention, fairly safe. Even in northern Florida, cold snaps kill off native lizards, and green anoles from south Florida cannot tolerate even a typical winter in the northern part of the state.

Living in eastern TN or adjoining areas of Georgia or the Carolinas will allow you to house tropical herps outdoors for a major portion of the year (far longer than here in NY, where it is about 50F as I write!), but you will need winter accommodations. I once assured a herpetologist friend from Venezuela, who was relocating to TN, that it was quite warm there year-round…he arrived, clad in shorts and sandals, to 2 feet of snow!

Please let me know if you have any specific animals in mind, and I’ll provide more detailed information…some contacts of mine have kept herps outdoors in northern Florida for many years, and their experience might be useful in providing general guidelines for other areas.

Good luck, please keep me posted.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: stephen http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2008/10/17/the-green-anole-anolis-carolinensis-carolinensis-in-the-wild-and-captivity-%e2%80%93-natural-history-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-786 stephen Sun, 10 May 2009 05:11:38 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=90#comment-786 I am looking to move to an area not to far from east TN. but can not seem to find areas where wild herps like anoles, house geckos, and other more tropical loving fauna and flora will be able to be had in my yard, without having to move all the way to FL., TX., or CA. Any help on what areas exactly I would be looking in? I am looking to move to an area not to far from east TN. but can not seem to find areas where wild herps like anoles, house geckos, and other more tropical loving fauna and flora will be able to be had in my yard, without having to move all the way to FL., TX., or CA. Any help on what areas exactly I would be looking in?

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