This is an Eastern fence lizard. They eat insects and bask. They have very finely articulated hands and feet.
Pet care instructions said that these lizards made good pets, and needed to be fed ”gut-loaded crickets” or fruit flies. Can you imagine writing those two phrases near each other with a straight face?
I love the expression on his face! My boys caught a horned lizard a couple years ago, and even though he was probably scared to death, his expression said, “Yeah, I’m a bad a**”
Tami, that’s what I thought: fierce and solitary. He’d kick your butt, except he’s very very small.