http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Sat, 26 May 2012 01:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-79909 Cos Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:51:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/#comment-79909 The Cincinnati population isn't directly from the pet trade. They were actually smuggled here by two brothers of a local prominent family in the 1950s. They caught and smuggled them home in socks from family vacations in Italy. We call them Lazarus Lizards which was the families name. There are biologists at the University of Cincinnati that have been researching them. If you haven't already, you could probably find their work. They are interesting and do make good pets for kids. The Cincinnati population isn’t directly from the pet trade. They were actually smuggled here by two brothers of a local prominent family in the 1950s. They caught and smuggled them home in socks from family vacations in Italy. We call them Lazarus Lizards which was the families name. There are biologists at the University of Cincinnati that have been researching them. If you haven’t already, you could probably find their work. They are interesting and do make good pets for kids.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-59733 Rob Alvey Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:10:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/#comment-59733 We have tons of them at the 9 acre community bird sanctuary/arboretum in Garden City, NY. They were accidently brought in with truckloads of compost from the Village municipal yard around 1996. Kids love to chase & net them. We have tons of them at the 9 acre community bird sanctuary/arboretum in Garden City, NY. They were accidently brought in with truckloads of compost from the Village municipal yard around 1996. Kids love to chase & net them.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-29869 Russ Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:32:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/#comment-29869 Ben: yes, if you saw little green lizards in Topeka, then almost certainly you were enjoying an Italian invasion. Topeka not only has Podarcis, but a much smaller population of introduced Lacerta viridis, a larger and vividly green lizard. Ben: yes, if you saw little green lizards in Topeka, then almost certainly you were enjoying an Italian invasion. Topeka not only has Podarcis, but a much smaller population of introduced Lacerta viridis, a larger and vividly green lizard.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-8558 Ben Goering Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:33:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/20/the-invader/#comment-8558 Haha. I live in Topeka, KS and I'm pretty sure I saw a ton of these guys where I used to go to daycare as kid. Awesome memories. Haha. I live in Topeka, KS and I’m pretty sure I saw a ton of these guys where I used to go to daycare as kid. Awesome memories.

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