Any ideas what this is ?

[rpgk]

I found this at bottom of my Christmas tree - any ideas what it is ?

[CAPP0]

Little gecko of some sort? Is it alive?

[Planet Claire]

Looks like a newt. Is it orange/yellow underneath?

[Butter Face]

Common Lizard?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viviparous_lizard

Our cat bought one in once.

[Turn7]

Have you got a smaller pic of it ?

[Sheets Tabuer]

Female common newt.

[rpgk]

Unfortunately it was dead and that was the only photo taken and was quickly chucked into hedges by wife. It did look a bit Gecko like but unlike anything I had seen before in UK, more like the lizards you see climbing up walls when on holiday - was wondering if it was something that had been shipped in with the trees. It was also translucent, not as dark as google images of common lizard...

Edited by rpgk on Saturday 2nd January 21:12

[Turn7]

Ignoring my mickey taking, Im going to say female newt as well.

[rpgk]

Yes, having googled it, it doesn't look anything more interesting than that....but the wife does t know that and freaked her out by telling her there are some lizards that secrete poisonous toxins from their skin. She has been taking her pulse every fifteen minutes for the last hour 😂 - I will tell her in a minute, or so...

[Turn7]

Best remind her then that the lizard has probably shed and left behind a ghost of its former self......