What kind of lizard is this???

Question

i caught it today and i couldnt find it on the internet??

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2cqlnx3&s=4

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It looks like a skink if it bites your hand it will hurt like h**l

Answer 3

I would say Great Plains Skink, juvie.  Just a guess, but not entirely sure, that's a really small pic for identifying purposes.  And it will not "hurt like h**l" if it bites....its a skink...not a copperhead.  Skinks are harmless, the worst they can do is scratch the skin a bit.

Answer 4

looks like a blue tailed lizard that u can find in your backyard! i see them most of the time cause u can find them in Georgia and almost everywhere!

Answer 5

Cant really tell. If you said like what region of the world you caught it in that would be very helpfull but from what I can see in the small picture id have to say some small gheko or skink.

Answer 6

Looks like some sort of Skink.

But since you only have a pic of the ***-end, it's hard to tell.

Answer 7

it looks like some of the ones my friend got at petco

Answer 8

I would agree with the with the three guys above me! I it is a Whiptail!

Answer 9

The pic seems dark, but I would suggest it's a full grown spiney fence lizard, from out west, in the US?

I had a breeding pair, until the older male died of old age, leaving his mate gravid, and with no company.  This saddens me, as they are found basking together, and not solitary creatures.

I will have to raise her young, and give her a daughter for company.  'My only option at this point.

They are nervous animals, and if you can't raise them from a egg/hatching; I would recommend releasing it where you found it.

They do calm down, and will get nearly as personable as a Leopard Gecko.  I can move the entire tank mine resides in, with just verbal utterings of "Sit tight... this will be over before you know it."  

Though their movements are very 'jerky,' and they are quick to dash/distrust - they do have the ability to accept their captive lot in life, and remain visiable, no matter what (if hatched, or captured when young).

I feel removing any creature from the wild is an injustice to the animal.  It can free range for miles; in its natuaral habitat.  We cannot duplicate this for them, in captivity.

Do the right thing.  If the animal is young - it will adapt.  If it's adult - it will pine for the freedom you took, and escape the first chance it gets.  Or it might ail, and refuse to eat, and lose vital body weight, before death, or remorseful release.

There are SO many captive bred lizards available in any pet shop.  Why would you feel the need to deplete the wild population, which struggles daily, to be?

Answer 10

First of all how do you know it's a lizard? And you should include where you live because some lizards live in certain locations.

Answer 11

An alligator and crocodile cross bread.

I think it is an alligator lizard though.

Answer 12

who cares?

Answer 13

I agree that it looks like the plateau striped whiptail

Answer 14

It's some type of whiptail.It looks like a plateau striped whiptail to me.

http://www.reptilesofaz.com/Lizards-Subp...

Answer 15

why do you need to know it is a lizard?

Answer 16

that would be a jakmihoff lizard...

Answer 17

it's a blue-tailed skink.

Answer 18

Tammy is right, it is a Whiptail.

There are several species in Arizona, and the photo isn't clear enough to determine which one it is.

It is certainly NOT a skink.

You should release it. They are not a good pet for a beginner.

Answer 19

it's a blue-tailed skink