Classification: Introduced Species - S. argus can be found in the Florida Keys, where it has well-established populations, though it was not native there.

Description: Looking through a magnifying glass, these matchstick-sized lizards have small toepads and eyelash-like scales projecting above each eye. They are a mere 2 to 2.5 inches TL. Its back is brown or olive brown with tiny white spots on the nape of the neck, which sometimes fuse into thin longitudinal lines. It has small, overlapping dorsal scales with a keel or ridge along the middle of each scale. Occasional individuals are almost patternless. Hatchlings are barely over an inch long (2.6 cm) with a more lineate body pattern.

Habitat: The preferred natural habitat of S. argus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 330 feet. A climbing species, it can also be seen on walls and in buildings.

Range: S. argus is native only to Jamaica . It is also found in Cuba and on adjacent islets, in the Bahamas, and in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.

Found in these States: FL

Diet: S. argus feeds on insects and other small invertebrates.

Reproduction: S. argus is oviparous.

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

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