National Geographic in my back yard!

I was sitting outside reading a book and enjoying the breeze this morning when I heard a big scuffle in the small grove of trees beside our house. When I turned, this big fellow was the culprit! I can't believe I finally found a big one in our back yard!! I was so excited I ran over and got the neighbor, who was very good to humor me, and not let on too much like I was crazy. This guy was so cool! I didn't realize until I started looking at the pictures that he's actually missing a back foot - don't know what's up with that. If you're a lizard and you lose a foot that's close to your tail, will you grow another one? Hm. I have a feeling that he might live in that grove of trees... Why? because yesterday morning, I found a tiny one in the back yard, and while I was taking these pictures, another big one went shooting out of the thicket of vines at the bottom and scurried up another tree - seriously scaring me to within an inch of my life. I'm very sure that I saw this one laughing at me... so maybe we have a family? I'm sure that if you grew up here, this is not any bigger deal than finding a squirrel in a tree, but I'm tickled to death with the novelty!