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The TikTok hashtag #anole features engaging videos showcasing the colorful, agile lizards. Creators share unique facts, adorable antics, and captivating visuals, highlighting these fascinating creatures and promoting wildlife appreciation and education.

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Beginning in July 2019, numerous free-ranging brown anoles (Anolis sagrei), an invasive lizard species in Florida, USA, were reported with large, soft, subcutaneous masses and disfiguring facial swellings. Postmortem evaluations of six affected animals, including cytology, histology, and electron microscopy, identified the presence of myriad chain-forming coccoid bacteria surrounded by a prominent clear capsule and abundant lightly basophilic matrix material with minimal associated granulomatous inflammation and effacement of normal tissue. Standard PCR and sequencing of the lesions revealed 100% nucleotide identity to Enterococcus lacertideformus. (I just found this in my drafts and decided to post it) #lizards #anole #science #biology #wildlife