Swift ID Please

[Cyris69]

I rescued this little guy and wasn't sure what it was. I'm pretty sure its a swift but would like to try and get a positive ID and maybe it's sex if at all possible.

Thanks in advanced!

 

[Digby Rigby]

Female swift

It looks to be female based on the pictures. What did you rescue it from? It is a swift. It doesnt look like it is going hungry.

Digby Rigby

balboa28279@mypacks.net

 

[Cyris69]

Someone left it abandoned in an apartment for 15 days.
It ate 7 small crix today at Petco where I work. Someone brought it in and I adopted it.

What species is it?
I though it was female but wasn't sure, thanks!

 

[arachyd]

We have them wild here. It's an eastern fence lizard-sceloporus undulatus.

 

[arachyd]

Sorry, forgot to add it looks like a female.

 

[Cyris69]

Google is trying to tell me its native to Indiana... Is that true?
Or maybe a site that tells me its range?

I'd like to find it a better home but I can't sell native species.

 

[arachyd]

http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/lizards/sceund.htm They're found pretty much everywhere on the east coast. They make nice little pets and become very tame. We've had a couple that became accustomed to getting on the coffee table and trying to steal sips from my cup of tea. The males have a lot of blue on them compared to the females.

 

[Cyris69]

Great, thanks a bunch. I might try to trade him out for something at the reptile show. I don't really have an idea on demand for this since it seems common. I'm not a fan of reptiles, well, keeping them. But I know for the time being his is in an excellent home.

A friend is giving me a 30" UVB Light & hood since I can't afford one right now.

 

[andy83]

Hey, Nice Find!

I'm from Indiana and I found one of those guys(girls) out in the wild last year.

Thanks for sharing

 

[arachyd]

I don't know if most people would consider them common unless they've looked for them. I'm in the woods a LOT, have been since I could walk. I'm always looking for interesting creatures and I've only found them in a few places. They blend in so well and either don't move unless you move directly toward them or run around to the other side of the tree they are on when they see you coming (very much like squirrels will do) and run down the other side to get away. They are one of this area's best kept secrets. I wouldn't go to any extremes with housing her. Natural temperatures are best since they are a native species. I have only found them in dry areas, generally where oak is the predominant tree and where the nearest puddle was 50 yards away if it rained and much farther if it didn't. They were always in the sun, perched on a stump or log or clinging to the side of a small oak tree. If legal to keep in your area they make a very nice little pet-easy to keep, easy to feed, clean, rarely bite (if ever) and quickly tamed.

 

[UrbanJungles]

I don't know if most people would consider them common unless they've looked for them. I'm in the woods a LOT, have been since I could walk. I'm always looking for interesting creatures and I've only found them in a few places. They blend in so well and either don't move unless you move directly toward them or run around to the other side of the tree they are on when they see you coming (very much like squirrels will do) and run down the other side to get away. They are one of this area's best kept secrets. I wouldn't go to any extremes with housing her. Natural temperatures are best since they are a native species. I have only found them in dry areas, generally where oak is the predominant tree and where the nearest puddle was 50 yards away if it rained and much farther if it didn't. They were always in the sun, perched on a stump or log or clinging to the side of a small oak tree. If legal to keep in your area they make a very nice little pet-easy to keep, easy to feed, clean, rarely bite (if ever) and quickly tamed.

You're looking in the wrongs spots...they are all over the Pine Barrens here in NJ, I see them just about every time I go. You just have to know how to find them.

 

[arachyd]

Actually, I have seen them in the Pine Barrens but not in the wild areas, only around homes.

 

[loxoscelesfear]

fence lizards occur in southern indiana in the hill country. I find them there quite often. they like it dry and warm. crickets are fine for food and, of course, a water dish.