My brothers friend bought a christmas tree from a lot up in the mountains and when he brought it back his daughter saw a lizard in it, he gave it to my brother who gave it to me. Its living in a tank in my room for the moment and I have no idea what to do with it. Its a sagebrush lizard probably a juvenile from its size.

You will need a basking temp of 85 - 90F situated to one side of the enclosure to create a temperature gradient (warmer on one side than the other.) You will also need UVB lighting. To get UVB and heat you will need two separate bulbs; the only way to get UVB and heat from one bulb is to use a MVB (mercury vapor bulb), but these bulbs only come in large wattages and would be too warm for a small enclosure. Zoomed's Reptisun is one of the best UVB bulbs on the market to date: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/rept… I highly recommend that you do not use compact/coiled UVB bulbs. They are documented causing severe eye damage and/or blindness in reptiles, not to mention they have trouble maintaining UVB output over time. Be sure to replace the UVB bulb according to the manufacturers recommendation, after which time the bulb will no longer produce UVB even if visible light still is. (Humans can't see the UV light spectrum.) pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com

Basking temp and UVB should be available for 10 - 12 hours a day. Use a temperature gauge to be sure you have the temp right, do not guess: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/rept…

Sagebrush lizards are insectivores, so it's feeder insects all the way: crickets, silk worms, phoenix worms, horn worms, dubia roaches, red-lobster roaches, and red-wrigglers. Coat the feeder insects a few times a week with a calcium supplement, as captive reptiles are prone to calcium deficiency: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/rept…

The minimum size enclosure for this type of lizard is 2ft x 2ft x 2ft. They live about 5 years and grow to about 4 inches. They love to climb to provide decor that accommodates that fact. Some keepers will use sand as substrate, and some will use repti-carpet, non-adhesive shelf liner, slate rock, or textured ceramic tile. Always have a water dish available with clean water at all times. pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com

If you are unable to care for this reptile, try to find a animal rescue organization that can take it and possibly release it in the future.

reptile keeper for 12 years

well, letting it go this late in the year could kill it because it doesn't have a hole to burrow into for the winter. it would probably be safer to keep it a inside. it's not too hard to keep a lizard, i had one my dad's friend caught for a while. (it was a western fence lizard, it had a blue stomach) we kept it in a 10 gallon fish tank and fed it crickets from the pet store. it needed a UV light, but that was it. they're easy to keep and fun to watch.

had a lizard for about a year.

Well if you want to keep it look on google on how to take care of it. The intitial setup of it will cost you a pretty penny. They arent cheap. But once you set him up it wont cost you much. he probly wont live long cuz wild caught lizards are usually loded with parasites.

Open the door and let him out if you live in a place where anylizards are native he will make his way to a nice habitat over time and live they have something that tells them where to go take him to a local like forest or something

Let it go, it's not going to live if you keep it, especially if you have no clue how to care for it. Please, just let it go. Wild animals don't live long in captivity.

You could put in a place where there is many many trees, sunlight, and very warm.

future animal breeder and reptile studyer

It's a frickin wild animal! Let it go! It most likely is not going to survive in captivity anyway.