The Lizarding World of Villa Incognito

My mother has been schooling Iguanas. See my post called "the great white hunter" from last year for more on her methods. When we first got here, it took some coaxing to get them to come out of the nan tree. 

They hide there looking all dinosaur, and stare in my bathroom window when i shower.

This tail belongs to the iguana my mother calls "bent-tail". He is the only iguana on the island not named "Iggy", "Lizzy" or some variation thereof. Though she also has been referring to them as "dinosaurs" this trip. I think she is trying to train them like Star-Lord does in Jurassic World. Soon they will be taking out t-rexeses.

They came cautiously to check the food, and with much trepidation.

Now they make this face when they see her coming, and scamper down for noms.

"yay! Rotten avocado!"

They have lost their fear of man. And my mother. Here you can see Bent-tail and Iggy/Lizzy/Izzy.

This guy sucked down a piece of bell pepper so big that he physically couldnt shut his mouth. It didnt stop him from trying to scoop up other pieces though. He ran around like this for about five minutes.

The foodbringer cometh.

We have been visited by a baby iguana a few times. He is less excited about the training.

There are also some unsung lizards around for happy hour. My mother has not yet devised an effective trap for these, though she suggested my dad catch one in tupperware for her. We call them wood geckos, but i dunno if thats what they are. Like most things on the island, they loves them some sugar.

There are three that come regularly to the feeder during happy hour. One is slightly larger than the others and seems to feel territorially about the sugar. 

This has lead to the occasional gexican standoff. He gets all throatpuffy and tries to scare everyone off.

He usually seems to win with the birds, but the other geckos sneak around him.

The smaller ones go full body into the sugar.

They all seem to get their faces sugar coated and walk around looking like they just came out of the studio 54 bathrooms.

They are tiny and super camoflaguey. There are 14 in the picture below, along with 8 ninjas. Can you spot them all?

Our Last Lizard is the Race Runner. These sometimes hang out by the pool side door and are shy. I slow-herded this one around the pool for a while. They are the prettiest of the lizards here.