I bought a new lizard in a petstore they know nothing about help?

Question

he is a red igo or igu or something i know he isnt a iguana or gecko but he looks like a bearded dragon withought spikes on his sides. he as a spiny tail. is very skitish(cowardly) and has a section of red halfway down his tail then it turns black. he gets along welll with my baby iguana. but i cant figure out what he is.

Answer 1

Sounds like a Mali Uromastyx to me.  Or, Spiny Tailed Lizard.  In short, they're called Uro's or Mali's.

Don't house different species together, you won't like the results....

that's pretty much what you get for buying from chain pet stores...sorry.

Answer 2

call the petstore and ask what you just bought or check the reciept......

Answer 3

i think ur talkin about a red tegu?  at a small size they might look like the iguana (some what) and Savannah monitor. they dont seem to get bigger then 5ft. and eat mice and crickets.

but im not so sure if u should keep him with the iguana.

Answer 4

Red tegu? They are a South American lizard very similar to monitor lizards. Tegus can get pretty large. If you go to google.com and type in red tegu, you'll find many websites with info on them. I wouldn't keep it with an iguana. Tegus grow large and can be pretty aggressive and could do some serious harm to the iguana.

Answer 5

Um . . . not to sound rude or anything . . . but . . . why would you buy something that you know nothing about? I mean, it's perfectly fine to have questions and stuff, but you should have done a little reserch . . .

Maybe if you post a pic someone will be abe to identify it for you. Then it should be fairly simple to find any info you need for it on google or yahoo.