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<p>MIAMI BEACH, Fla. &#8212; It&#8217;s so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.</p><p>Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.</p><p>That&#8217;s chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami&#8217;s suburbs.</p><p>Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino tweeted a photograph of an iguana lying belly-up next to his swimming pool. A TV station posted images of an iguana on its back on a Palm Beach County road.</p><p>The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees, said Kristen Sommers, who oversees the non-native fish and wildlife program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.</p><p>If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. &#8220;It&#8217;s too cold for them to move,&#8221; Sommers said.</p><p>They&#8217;re not the only reptiles stunned by the recent cold snap: Sea turtles also stiffen up when temperatures fall. The wildlife commission&#8217;s biologists have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles found floating listlessly on the water or near shore, but no such rescue is planned for iguanas.</p><p>Well-meaning residents finding stiffened iguanas are advised to leave them alone, as they may feel threatened and bite once they warm up.</p><p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t assume that they&#8217;re dead,&#8221; Sommers said.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><em> &#8212; Associated Press</em></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">An iguana that froze lies near a pool after falling from a tree in Boca Raton, Fla., on Thursday. The animals get sluggish when it falls below 50 degrees, wildlife experts say, but don&#8217;t necessarily die when they freeze up. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/web1_FrozenIguana.CMYK_.jpg</photo0><caption0>An iguana that froze lies near a pool after falling from a tree in Boca Raton, Fla., on Thursday. The animals get sluggish when it falls below 50 degrees, wildlife experts say, but don&#8217;t necessarily die when they freeze up. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>

Cold snap has frozen iguanas falling from trees in Florida