Possible Clues:

• 'Foxtrot' pet Quincy, for instance
• I come across design for a dress in Ireland with exotic pet
• Benighted in Tennessee
• Reptile, one suitable for children, in good stories
• Bury up to ten such for communication
• Beast in a Williams play title
• Creature with a dewlap
• Follower of a Jul 31 rising is a lizard
• Lizard with a serrated crest
• Tropical spiny lizard