I moved 180 miles from my hometown and was astounded by the immensely expanded diversity of lizards (and similar) that I see frequently.

Hometown:

• Green anoles
• Brown anoles
• Five-lined skinks (rarely seen)

Current town

• Green anoles
• Brown anoles
• Five lined skinks
• Cuban knight anoles
• Scrub lizards
• Glass lizards
• Curly tail lizards
• Green iguanas
• Rock agamas
• Basilisk lizards
• House geckos

A wildlife spotting website says my hometown has a lot more of those species than I knew, but I never saw them there.