The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) explains that when temperatures reach near freezing or lower, nonnative green iguanas and other reptiles may enter a state of torpor, temporarily losing muscle control. This can occasionally cause green iguanas to drop from trees, it says.

A portion of the Florida Panhandle, including the city of Pensacola and area west of Tallahassee, could see some snowflakes flying over the weekend as a weather system blows through. A series of powerful Arctic cold fronts is pushing Florida into a period of record-setting low temperatures,