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Well it's highly variable. There is no rule for lizards in general. It is very good for a golden tegu to have pool to bath in. It will greatly increase the chances of a bearded dragon getting a respiratory infection to have a pool to bath in. You have to look at each individual species on it's own.
Most lizards don't mind a bath, but it depends on the species and the individual animal, and how much it trusts you. I tell people to aim for baby bath warm, say 88 - 90 F. But again it varies a bit. I will go on the warmer side with an animal if I am trying to encourage defecation, on the cooler side if it is for hydration or shedding issues. And as they are ectothermic, you don't want to "shock" the animal, if you take a lizard that has just woken up and the lights just came on, and he is 76 F, you don''t want to put him into a 92 F tub of water.
And yes it is tricky yo do things like that to a lizards toes. You need help to hold the animal still. Similar to removing a retained eye cap. It's a procedure that requires some patience and a steady hand. I actually clipped the top of the dead skin, kept soaking her a few times a day, then peeled it off with a pair of tweezers. Poor thing ended up loosing a few toes before I got her all fixed up, and has one toe that looks a bit deformed. But she is good and happy now. I'm getting ready to bump her up to a 75 gallon tank, with a bigger pool.
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