While I was down in NM last week I caught a 1-1.5 inch lizard. Now I have never been into reptiles but this guy is cool, we went to Walmart and got him a little five gallon tank and some things to go with the tank. Yesterday my stepdad called and told me he caught a lizard same size and almost identical to the one I caught. He put him in the same tank as the other one, I am hoping to get an aquarium for them and do everything right and possibly raise them till either they get too big or what not. Now I am going to need some help...first I will need to identify them....hopefully you guys can help me out. I will get some pics of them when I get down there....we can go from there. Also will need some care and requirement help? I have never lived anywhere you can just catch these things and it has sparked my interest inkeeping them. I will know more when I get down there and can get pics and ask you fine folks here at FWM!

MC does it look like this Click?

When I was down in Florida for 4 months these guys were every were. My brother and I were able to catch one by throwing a beach towel over them.

If not does it look like this Click

Or this: http://www.wildherps.com/images/herps/standard/08052301PD_side_blotched_lizard.jpg

There's a crapton of varieties of side blotched lizards down there, so coloration may not match up.

LOL ... you guys are making me want another lizard! I had a Water Dragon some years ago & I just LOVED it!!! I named it Little Geek, it was soooo sweet. I already had a Female Tarantula at the time I got the Dragon & the Dragon became my fav. I think my Tarantula knew this & after she molted ... she got mean as hell ... & I mean MEAN! I couldn't even pick her up anymore ... also it was like she evolved ... I have never seen a Tarantula be able to climb glass like this! Was like she developed little suction cups on her feet/legs.
I come from Southern Indiana/Kentucky & we always found these little wierd Salamanders but look nothing like the photos in the "Clicks" above. I miss my Little Geek!!!

They are brown with a similar pattern to the one you posted Saint....as I remember it's back was pretty smooth as well as it's tail...the tail was not that long.

Sounds like a fence lizard, genus Sceloporus.

WYite

mike i have also caught those things in the first pic down in florida those were fun to catch they were on these trees gavent seen them in awhile though most have sent the wrong message lol