My daughter spotted this lizard struggling in road today and begged me to bring it home. This poor critter has been through the wars. It has one front leg missing entirely very close to the body. one rear leg missing a foot, some digits missing from the other front foot and has recently been chewed, probably cat or dog.
The missing leg, foot and digits are old well healed wounds, so its obviously a survivor, but it really has difficulty moving around and would not have been a survivor much longer.
Its not skinny, amazingly, so perhaps until recently its been hiding in a garden full of snails.
Anyway, we will see its fed, hydrated and that its wounds heal then we may apply to parks & wildlife to keep it on our license, or call wires (wildlife rescue service) who will do the same, since it certainly can't fend for itself well.
we will keep it without heating for fear of worsening any infection it may have and treat the wounds.

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good on ya hopefully they let u keep it

Poor little guy, at least he managed to wobble his way into the path of good hands. Good luck with him, I know he is going to be well taken care of.

poor thing now i want to go and chew on a cat and c how it feels hope you can keep other wise u might have to keep it but not keep it if you know what i mean

I dont think they will have much problem with me looking after it till it heals anyway, They would never release it in anycase. I will ring parks n wildlife about it tomorrow.

what kind of lizard is it??? ....... me and my m8 rescued a shingleback months ago, we could see his insides and even his lungs breathing but HES A SUVIVOR!!! he was released back into the bush all healed up

Good stuff Spencer, Its great to see a reptile recover and return to the wild!