What the heck is this !?!
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SSimsswiSS
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Anoles lizard 
newtochams
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100% anole. what kind I'm not so sure about. With that colour it might need help they should be lime green or chocolate brown.
I think he escaped or was thrown out.
melble68
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To me it appears to be a green anole that a cat or something has messed w/. he's brown cause he's cold. a brown (bahamian or cuban) when brown would have a pattern of a sort, and a stubbier head.
Even in FL there aren't to many of them anymore. The invasive browns which are much more aggressive have basically taken over. 20 years ago I used to see more green ones, like 20-30% greens to browns. Now you see browns everywhere, and maybe one to two greens. In my back yard I have two males. One adult and juvi. In the side yard there is one or two more greens that live in the little palm tree. THERE ARE BROWN ANOLES EVERYWHERE. I also don't ever see green tree frogs in my yard. The HUGE cuban tree frogs have taken over. I have a big Cuban tree frog that resides in one of my sheds. Like clock work he comes out and perches on a tree branch above the shed every evening to hunt after dark. I have seen green tree frogs at a jobsite north of me about an hour from Tampa.
Even in FL there aren't to many of them anymore. The invasive browns which are much more aggressive have basically taken over. 20 years ago I used to see more green ones, like 20-30% greens to browns. Now you see browns everywhere, and maybe one to two greens. In my back yard I have two males. One adult and juvi. In the side yard there is one or two more greens that live in the little palm tree. THERE ARE BROWN ANOLES EVERYWHERE. I also don't ever see green tree frogs in my yard. The HUGE cuban tree frogs have taken over. I have a big Cuban tree frog that resides in one of my sheds. Like clock work he comes out and perches on a tree branch above the shed every evening to hunt after dark. I have seen green tree frogs at a jobsite north of me about an hour from Tampa.
As others have said, it's an anole. They are very common in southern states, including Georgia. It's a wild one that probably came into your garage looking for a safe place to ride out cold weather. You can let it go into some thick bushes or near the outside of the house to find a safe place to hide. We had tons of them hide in the paneling or bricks of our house in Texas to keep a bit warmer. I used to catch them all the time and let them go again. They are feisty and will bite you for sure if they get a chance!
PoshPenny
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His tail is broken and bleeding ferret, how should I help that? I don't plan on holding him at all, he is very aggressive but it appears he had a romp with something and it messed him up. He is turning green now, but the tail is bleeding at the tip. I have another ten gallon tank from when my gecko was a baby. Nurse his tail then free him?
melble68
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The loss of his tail is a defense mechanism. I find tails all the time on our back patio from the cat playing w/ them. It should stop on its own. Yep nurse him up a bit, wait till its reasonably warm, and stick him in a thick bush. He'll find somewhere to hunker down for the cooler weather.
PoshPenny
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I looked up the basking temp and it's the same as my chams, so I gave him a basking spot with a humid hide under it with reptile moss and there is a cool humid hide on the other side, plus I gave him one small cricket to see if he would eat.
