salamander

[GarNiac]

hi all,
I've found this salamander in my backyard, just wandering is there a type of it?pls tell me what you guys think...

 

[andyjs]

I'm pretty sure you've actually got a lizard (some type of skink?) there, not a salamander. Can't really help you with what kind though

 

[GarNiac]

nope, I dont think its a lizard, its a something else but i dunno what is

 

[GarNiac]

hi, here is another pict. of it

 

[GarNiac]

long body but small legs, anybody else know what it is?

 

[unstopablepuffers]

i think you should tell us! you live there! anyways i think ive seen them on discovery but am drawing a blank now

 

[HarlanAshmore]

that things awesome i want one

 

[GarNiac]

I dont mind giving it to someone else though, but I am just curious what it is ??and I really dont know what it is.....blank

 

[BIGHERM66]

its a common legless lizard. a type of skink. it probably came out cuz its home got flooded. dont keep him in water 4 too long or it will get sick

 

[Dan F]

Very cool.

The skin tells you it's a reptile right away, salamanders have moist, scaleless skin. Also, the pointed head and forward facing eyes are unlike any caudate I've ever seen.

I agree that it is a legless lizard, but I've only seen them in books.