Bolivian Tree Lizard

A Bolivian tree lizard (Ovoraptor Boliviensis) is a species of lizard native to Bolivia, South America, naturally inhabiting forests, swamps, and tropical rainforests. They are carnivorous, feeding mainly on insects and small vertebrates (including some types of birds such as feral pigeons) no bigger than small quail. They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in bird nests and eating the bird's eggs, when the lizard leaves and the bird comes, the bird will care for it, mistakenly believing the eggs for its own eggs, but when the eggs hatch, the baby lizards kill and eat the mother bird, the only known behavior in lizards of any kind. They have the ability to eat and crush eggs thanks to the spine in its throat, which is specialized in crushing egg shells with no ill effects. They may resemble iguanas, but lack the spines on their heads, backs, or tails, they also have prehensile tails like a chameleon to climb onto trees, having sharp teeth, confirming its carnivorous habits, they are actually closely related to tegus, which are also invasive in Florida. They were introduced to California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Wahsington, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, where they are, by all accounts, thriving and are invasive, driving out some birds to extinction. They tolerate well with human activities and can survive and flourish quickly into a life in the cities and suburbs.