Slower but less troublesome then dermestids are terrestrial isopods (a.k.a. pillbugs, sowbugs, wood lice, rolly-polies); place your lizard carcass, with the guts and large muscle masses removed as described above, in a container with some slightly moist soil and leaves, and drop in a bunch of isopods (you can usually find them under logs and stones). Don't let the soil dry out, and keep tabs on their progress; when the skeleton is clean, take it out and wash it (you can bleach it with hydrogen peroxide if you want the bones to be white), and put your isopods back where you found them.

Good luck!

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