What type of lizard is this.?

Question

My dog brought a lizard inside today. The poor thing is missing her tail, and has a puncture wound on her stomach. My dog had a vet appointment today, so I took the lizard with us. The lizard got 3 stitches, and I was told to keep her until everything is healed, then I can choose to release her or not. She will be in my care for 2 weeks, then I plan on releasing her. The vet had no idea what kind of lizard she is, and said he had never seen this type of lizard before. I live in Phoenix, Arizona, in the middle of a wash, so I get all types of lizards in my yard. She is very small, about an inch long, minus the tail of course. Light grey in color with small light blue dots on her back. She has a spiny tail, from what I can tell, red and black blotches under her chin, a little "beard" and a black dot on each of her "arm pits" I currently have 4 lizards, so I know a little about them. She is in a 20 gallon tank with 2 inches of sand that I got from outside, plenty of basking areas, and UVA basking light and a UVB also and an under tank heater for night time. She has eaten 3 crickets today, and likes to burrow in the sand. But for a majority of the day today, she has been basking on a piece of wood. She seems to be alert though. She c***s her head when I walk by, so she is aware of everything around her, but she isn't skittish. Am I doing everything I can for her? And does anyone know what kind of lizard she is? Thank you so much.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Britt32190/014.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Britt32190/015.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Britt32190/018.jpg

Answer 1

hmm try googling imaging lizards from ''your area''  

Answer 2

  From your kinda blurry pics,  I am pretty confident that is a side blotched lizard ( uta stansburiana).  especially after you mentioned the dots on the armpits.

  The set-up you described should work well. I keep mine in a 20L as well, with a hot basking spot on one end, fine sand, and uvb. They do fine on crickets. I do offer a small water dish at times.

   Be aware that many wild caught side blotched lizards carry mites(usually little red ones) and sometimes ticks as well. They should be taken care of if you plan to keep it for more than a few weeks. If you release it soon, I wouldnt worry too much about the mites, as they can live fine with them in the wild, because they do not get overrun by them the way they do in captivity. For long term captivity, mites and ticks must be treated. I use reptile relief, available at petco.

My side blotched lizards seem to like a light misting once in a while too(just enough to wet the very top layer of sand- no more), just make sure that the overall conditions they are in are dry.

Here is a website with info- http://www.reptilesofaz.com/herp-lizards...

regardless of whether its a sideblotch or not, it will be ion this website if its native to arizona.   http://www.reptilesofaz.com/herp-lizards...

  

Answer 3

The pictures are kind of blurry so it's hard to tell. But looks like a Fence Lizard aka a Swift to me. This site has a good picture and some good info(like Juveniles lack the blue on throat and belly so if the one you have doesn't have it it could still be it).

http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/scoc...

Lots more pictures of a variety of them:

http://www.wildherps.com/species/S.occid...

A Caresheet:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules.php?...

*EDIT*

Also check out this website, has a list of lizards living in Arizona with pictures(Click on the name or picture to see picture and info).

http://www.reptilesofaz.com/herp-lizards...

*/EDIT*

Answer 4

maybe a gecko? It looks like my friends lizard and it is a creasted gecko

Answer 5

i think its an alligator lizard

Answer 6

Its FOR SURE a Ornate tree lizard, they are very common in Arizona and look EXACTLY like the picture you gave. She will be fine just make sure to go to like Petsmart and get her some crickets, also get a calcium powder if you are planning on keeping her. You sprinkle the powder on the crickets and it is VERY good for Lizards. Message me if you have ANY questions. Good luck!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/27172...

Answer 7

actually it is a crested gecko that tends to not have a tail so thats what it is  

Answer 8

who ever said a swift is correct. the pics are  to blurry to peg down specific species.and there are a few in arizona ,so anyone telling you its one specific type of swift or what ever from the pics you posted is just guessing. regardles of what species it is ,all care for swifts are the same ( you keep them basically like bearded dragons but feed only insects and make sure they have multiple tight hide areas.remember they hide in mostly rock crevices and under things)gota love the"its a gecko" ones . they are funny.

Answer 9

Hello, i know for a fact it is a 'common lizard' only due to the fact that i breed these lizards..they are not gecko's.... and you can check it on google images... or check this website

http://www.welshholidaycottages.com/coun...

Answer 10

Cant see it that well because of the quality of the pics

but from what I see it might be a baby western fence lizard