Mystery lizard!

so customer brought in a lizard that they found inside one of those fire starter logs... yeah... very cold and oddly FAT. so i brought it home! It's so cute... looks like a giant fence lizard o.o never seen one this big and doesn't have the colors on the stomach that fence lizards have.... but judging by the bulge in the tail i'd guess male....
So have at it!
What am I???
First guess from a trusted source is European wall lizard

Interesting, might find out were those starter fire logs are made. Prolly came from that region. I thought EURO Wall Lizards were green w/spots? Great find tho

lol he came back later and said he really screwed up cause he just barely glanced at the pic (may he's not so trusted after all XD ) and after a closer look is now thinking eastern fence lizard

Sylvias,

It's not a Podarcis sp. (Wall Lizard) although they can be partially green or brown, it

looks nothing like a Wall Lizard.

It does not appear to have a partial fold and assuming it has ear openings, it's a

species of Sceloporus, probably Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard).

Males usually have a very light blue area, not bordered in black, on each side of their

belly, but not always.

Unless your hand is small, it's too big to be an Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus

undulatus) or any other subspecies of Fence Lizard.

However, if it is a Fence Lizard, there will be a dark line running along the rear surface

of the thighs.

I couldn't tell in the pictures.

most id's seem to be agreeing on texas spiny

Too cool. What a great present!

Tandy

I have decided to name him sparky

Cool name and very appropriate.

any new pictures of the guy?