A male, judging by the red dewlap. He's either trying to fight you or trying to mate with you. Hard to tell from that angle.

but I guess he might have been. Or telling me to get out of his face!

He wants you to know that it is HIS deck.

looking so dinosaur like!

Red dewlap? I didn't have any idea that was part of their anatomy.

I'm in GA and they are definitely southern. I only knew 'lizard' and 'salamander'. I did not pursue biology....

I grew up in Florida. These guys were everywhere. If you could catch one (pretty easy) and held them up to your ears, they'd bite your earlobes and wouldn't let go. Tiny teeth, it didn't hurt. Gecko earrings...guaranteed to break the ice at parties.