Curly-tailed lizards are becoming common pets for some people. For me, I only started to see them some about two years ago. At first, I thought they looked like a mix between frogs and lizards, but then I realized that they are lizards. I typically started seeing them in the parks. Most times they were just hanging out on the rocks, maybe taking a sun bath, but as soon as they saw me coming, they would ran really fast and hid inside the rocks.

New Curly-Tail Pet Neighbors

A year or so later, I started to see one curly-tailed lizard in my yard, but it was really small at the time. It seemed like he/she lived between some stones, since that’s where I usually see him ran when I passed. Months passed by and I see my little curly-tailed lizard neighbor growing bigger and thicker. He still lives in the same spot where I first met him.

Time went by and curly-tail expanded his family. There’s now another lizard and some baby ones. They all chase swiftly to their home in the rocks when they see me. At first, I was intimidated by these lizards that look a lot different than the typical common lizards, but now I look forward to seeing them hanging out in the sun or hunting. They don’t seem to venture far away from the front of their new home, because that’s where I always see them, at the same spot.

These curly-tailed lizards behave different than the common lizards. It’s almost like they have more thinking ability. The main difference I notice with these lizards, is that they’re always on the ground, compared to the common ones that mostly run along walls or on trees.

I’m started to wonder how did they find their way into my yard. Maybe they followed someone from the park, maybe on their car. I have no idea, or maybe someone had them as pets and let them loose and they found their way in the yard. Speaking of following someone from the park, I did have a lizard who followed me from my home on my car, to the grocery store.

The Adventures of Bro Lizard

While I was driving my car, I noticed a little lizard, not the curly-tailed ones, on my windshield. I was hoping he would jump off, especially when I passed some nice trees, but I guess he just wanted a ride out. He would not get off my windshield, so I just drove happily to my destination and back with brother lizard on my car. As long as he didn’t trouble me, I was okay with him.

Back to my curly-tailed friends. So, I watched those cute little lizards turned into responsible little guys, even starting a family, and even sticking around to raise the kids. Dad goes out during the day and hunt for insects or any other type of food, and the kids come out to play sometimes. I think the mom hunts sometimes, too.

I’m not really sure which is the mom and which is the dad. One is dark with stripes on his side and getting wider and fatter, and the other one is light brown or khaki color and a little smaller. I was so fascinated by their life-style and how they stuck around so long, that I had to do some research about them.

Investigating My Curly-Tail Pet Friends Background

I didn’t really know what type of lizards to search for, but I just typed in curly-tailed lizards, and found some interesting information about my new pet neighbors. They’re native to the Caribbean islands I think, but people started to keep them as pets. Now I know why they would keep them as pets, it’s because they are so smart and cute with their adorable curled up tails.

Well, for now, I’ll just keep looking out for my curly-tail friends when I’m outside and try to learn more about how they live their lives. It’s funny how you can learn a lot from smaller creatures if you just take the time to watch them and protect them from becoming endangered species.