bgrose, I am deleting the pics, so they should be gone in a few days. I thought if I showed you my cute lizard you would stop being afraid of them, but I can see my idea did not help at all. I have to say that I am glad that I have lizards, and we let the garden spider stay most of one summer so our ten year old could watch a spider spin its web, catch bugs, and then spin a cocoon and lay its eggs in the fall. We watched the baby spiders leave the next spring. I don't want her to be afraid of spiders and lizards or snakes, either, for that matter. I want her to know the dangers of some snakes and to appreciate the other critters for the jobs they play in the garden and in the soil. I am sorry you have such a deep fear of these animals and hope that you have success in removing your lizard, if that will help you. Sincerely, Gean

Then I'd say you're very new at having seen bearded dragons or have poor eyesight, haha. The animal in the photograph is a bearded dragon. I think with as much research as you did, you'd see that desert spiny lizards have highly keeled scales which are quite reflective in the sunlight as well - neither of which that lizard exhibits. Also, just typing in "desert spiny lizard" to a google search engine brings up a lot more species than just desert spinies... Check out your pictures further - the animal is most definitely a bearded dragon... ~Mike

Care Animal Hospital, Brandon, Florida.

Alison, I showed the pictures to my 4yr old grand-daughter who is very into snakes, lizards and just about any other animals. She exclaimed, "They are the cutest lizards I've ever seen in the whole world!" So that makes it pretty oficial don't you think? think! LOL. Cheers, Dee.