You never know how people will react to having a lizard near by. Most people will probably just ignore it unless it actually lands on them but other people get all upset and what to get as far away as possible.
In Florida we have lizards and their cousins like anoles and geckos. Check out the Florida Lizards Guide to find links to many of the lizards found here in Florida. Some are native and others are invasive which means they are causing harm to the natural population. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has lots of information on non-native species and the different ways they need to be handled.
My children have always been fascinated with lizards. Caleb would even hang them from his ears which was one picture I couldn’t find for this blog post. They boys would capture them and watch them for a while and then let them go. One time Hannah found some eggs that she watched until they hatched. Anole Annals has a report on finding out where lizards like to lay their eggs.
One of the funniest lizard pictures I have for this post is the day the boys but a lizard on the cat and he just sat there and let it sit there for quite a while.