I know it's not a spider nor an insect, but I can't find any place on DG to help me ID it...
Photo is not great, as I was holding my cat with one hand to keep her away from chasing it .
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It appears to be a lizard but it's too blurry to tell past that.
Maybe a fence lizard?
http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/sceund.htm
Mel, one of the pics (the one on the right) on your link looks similar. This guy had a ridge down his back from the head all the way down the body. There appeared to be some red spots near the crest on its head, but that could have been blood from where my cat way playing with it. It was basically cream colored, with darker brownish-green spots.
It's just a wild guess, the fence lizard has a totally different look than the skinks and anoles we usually see.
I'm thinking it really might be a Fence Lizard. I've seen a few skinks and anoles and they aren't the same. Earlier in that day, we dismantled a fairly new hugelkultur bed (not very rotted yet) and moved it about 75'... this guy could have been in the logs. The woods behing the house are farther away.
Google 'fence lizard images'. There's a whole page of them and it appears that there is variation among individuals.
Thanks, that helped. Now I'm pretty sure that's my lizard. ^_^
:o)
Definitely a fence lizard =)
Grew up in Blacksburg VA, we had a ton of them.
Used to catch them in the garden every summer.
Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
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