ariesthedragon:

I rescued this tiny lizard from the dog pool yesterday and it sat in my hand for a while trying to warm up before I released it.

This is a skink! One of my favorite groups of lizards. You can tell because it has tiny legs, and a fairly tall body that’s almost square from a cross-section. Some skinks even have legs so small that they wriggle like snakes instead of walking on their legs.