Florida wildlife officials are urging people to kill green iguanas , saying the soaring population of the invasive lizards puts native plants and animals at risk.

The state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission placed a target on the reptiles in a website post that implores South Florida homeowners to kill green iguanas on their own property whenever possible.

This is a serious problem from many standpoints, Joseph Wasilewski, a biologist at the University of Florida, told ABC News. They will destroy agriculture, undermine roads, cause electrical transformers to fail, they can transmit salmonella and can be an FAA safety hazard.