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Originally Posted by navy2kcoupe
Are any of the lizards that we have in Florida poisonous! I sincerely hope NOT!
Andy
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Well, not technically. But there are some lizards that have bites that there has been some evidence of possibly envenomation involved. Volunteers to test the bites are difficult to come by, apparently. The effects are nothing at all like that of a venomous snake bite, and more along the effect of pre-digestion of a feed prey item, reduced blood clotting, and rapid infection effects. The Komodo dragon is one of the more well known lizards to have this sort of effect on bitten prey.
There are only two "official" venomous lizards with actual known venom glands, which are not found around here. Gila monster is found in the southwest area of the USA and into northwestern Mexico. And the Mexican beaded lizard is found in Mexico down into Central America.