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It was found in El Paso Texas. It was very scared and weak when I found it. But I bought it a small aquarium and some food to make sure it’s ok before I let it go. It’s tail is broken off. It have blue and yellow dots on top of it and I think it’s a male. Can someone tell me about this lizard?

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  • $\begingroup$ Yeah, I agree that it looks like a Fence Lizard. The "scared and weak" is almost certainly related to the missing tail - indications that it had a close encounter with a predator like a house cat or maybe a bird. $\endgroup$
    – John Robinson
    May 22, 2018 at 19:23

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My guess is that you have in your a hand a lizard of the Genus Sceloporus , and perhaps Sceloporus occidentalis longipes.

Commonly called the Great Basin fence lizard is a subspecies of the western fence lizard . It is genrally found in the western part of North America

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Here is a link to a guide of small spiny lizards .

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