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The Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is the only species of bird that naturally occurs nowhere but Florida. It is a threatened species, possibly due in part (indirectly) to its willingness to approach humans. The green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis), also known as the Carolina anole, red-throated anole, American anole, and American chameleon, is supposedly widely misunderstood. It is not a chameleon, which are old world animals, and, besides possibly one other species (Anolis distichus floridanus), is the only "native"* species of Anolis among the possibly twelve species present in Florida. The species is listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN, although I thought I remembered the Florida Fish and Wildlife Service considering it "Threatened" within the state of Florida. It suffers most heavily from deforestation, hatchling predation; territorial aggression; and prey competition by the ubiquitous Anolis"Norops" sagrei sagrei x ordinatus, and predation by A. e. equestris. The barking tree frog (Hyla gratiosa) is the largest tree frog native to the United States. It is often green, and it may have or may soon become Florida's state amphibian.

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