NE Florida "thing" looks like a spider with a lizard tail...

cantjm Jacksonville, FL Oct 19, 2010

Hi... gardening today, I picked up a bunch of dead brush and saw this thing scurry off and back up to my fence. (I would have got a picture but my cell wouldn't capture him cause he was too well camoflauged. ) At first I thought it was a spider, light brown with drk brn specks, legs and body that appeared to be somewhat furry and I think it had 8 legs (although I could be wrong.) It had a head that was kinda angular that narrowed towards the front... it was a little bigger than an inch and a half (head and body portion) but then it had a tail that looked and moved exactly like a lizards, it was flexible- not rigid, and about 3 inches long. Its body was oval shaped but not long. It moved backward and side to side, like a crab would, keeping it's front side facing me as it backed up to the wooden fence. Any ideas what it could be?

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hemlady Melvindale, MI(Zone 5a) Oct 19, 2010

Sounds like it may be some type of salamander. I came across one once when I was raking leaves. It was hiding underneath the leaves.

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