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3 Lizard species - what kind?

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Hello!
I saw these 3 lizards in pet store, and I would like to know what species they belong to.
I'm pretty sure the first one belongs to genus Sceloporus and last one to Uromastyx.
Thanks for help in advance.
 

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you are correct the first one is a Sceloporus sp., happens to be my favorite genus of NewWorld lizards.
 
Middle one would be a Japalura splendida/chapensis. Common names....Neon Dragon, Green Striped Dragon etc....
 
The first is a desert spiney lizard, Sceloporus magister. The third looks like a mali uromastyx with overgrown nails.

-Alice
 
Hi,
One of the guys at work just brought me a lizard that his grandson caught for me today. I looked it up on the Herps of Texas website and it appears to be Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus - common name Fence Lizard. He looks alot like the top picture and has bright blue spots on each side of his stomach and a blue throat. He is very docile. I put him in a 10 gallon by himself with papertowels and a stump to climb on with some plastic vine. He's eaten 4 wk crickets, small mealworms and a Phoenix worm so far....and made 3 poops. Considering that he spent the night in a plastic peanut butter jar and stayed on my desk until lunch, I though he was doing pretty well. I was going to let him go in the back yard but wondered if any of you guys have ever kept a wild caught?

By the way, I'm not sure of the sex but the info I found describes a wide stripe between the dorsolateral stripe and the side stripes which is indicative of a male. The range on their map indicates that this species is found in East Texas where I'm located. I've never seen one before. He's very interesting...I'm guessing that he would likes a hot and humid environment like the weather outside. The info says that they are aboreal and you find them on fences, stumps and logs.

Anybody have additional information?
 
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