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[ru]

While mucking about in the yard today, I accidentally startled a tiny lizard that had been hanging out in the raised bed. He was something of a surprise, as I'm used to seeing the five-lined skink hanging about, and this little fellow was bright green with a reddish tail. He was downright ADORABLE, and I watched him for a good long time before he got tired of being stared at and made like a tiny reptilian Indiana Jones, leaping off the raised bed and scuttling off into the grass. I'm hoping he will be a Tiny Lizard Friend and come back. I'm sure we'll have plenty of bugs for him to eat soon enough.

On a side note, the garden's doing well so far. We've got carrots, beans, cucumbers, and corn coming up, in addition to the tomatoes and peppers we planted. I've also got some daikon radishes, beets, and onions planted, so I'm hoping those will come up soon. We'll see how many actually survive, considering the deer and rabbits' love for my vegetables. >_

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[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

Did it look like these? (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/projects/herpcons/herps_of_nc/lizards/Anocar/Ano_car.html) I have to admit I didn't realize that anoles lived as far north as NC.

[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

Hmm, yeah, it looked a lot like them! I do know this one had a reddish tail, which I don't see in the pictures, but everything else looks right. I thought the only lizards we got around here were the skinks, so he was definitely a surprise.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

The website says they can be partly red or gray as well as green. I found on another site that they can also be called Carolina Anoles. Nifty.