Third one to come out of our bodega in 3 years. Over 12 inches long...
Cypress - 12-15-2011 at 12:41 PM
A Skink.Acuity - 12-15-2011 at 12:43 PM
Our gardener has an unmanly fear of them. Are they actually dangerous, or is this an "old gardener's tale"?
liz
captkw - 12-15-2011 at 12:52 PM
HOLA, that's called a allagator lizard and where I (never grew up)was rasied in the summer could get up to a foot and a half and had a good bite that
us mountain kid's had fun giveing one to a city kid and they didnot know how to hold them and would get a little bite and scrare the hell out of
them,,LOL boulder creek,ca no not pelegrosso
and good to have around the garden...ps dont try a grab um by the tail,designed to break off,,If you wanna catch them,be fast and grab behind the
head/nech area...they love wood pile's...
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[Edited on 12-15-2011 by captkw]sancho - 12-15-2011 at 02:15 PM
I was going with Cypress's guess until I read captkw
reply, I'm going with aligator lizard, at least that is
the common term, I've seen them larger and fatter,
had them as pets when a kid, dangerous no
For sure alligator lizard.
BigOly - 12-15-2011 at 02:41 PM
I have the scar on my hand to prove it!
lizard
captkw - 12-15-2011 at 02:57 PM
ya,they have been known to draw blood and are really good bug hunter's...can sit still as long as they want/need to...they are on are side of the bug
war !! Heather - 12-15-2011 at 03:41 PM
I used to have them around my house in San Diego...until we got the cat, she's a real good hunter!
My Mex. hubby has a phobia about lizards as well....he loves the kitty!
My phobia is mice, and we have none of those around either! Yea, Mia!David K - 12-15-2011 at 03:42 PM
Played with them as kids, theay are all over San Diego... Alligator lizard, and they can bite but have such tiny teeth that no seriuos harm can be
gotten from them... Their tails do detach if held onto... often see a cat with a wiggling lizard tail, but the lizard got away!mulegejim - 12-15-2011 at 03:51 PM
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Originally posted by Acuity
Third one to come out of our bodega in 3 years. Over 12 inches long...
The ones I remember as a kid also had a blue belly - so we called them "Blue Belly Lizards". Good bug hunters and can bite but mostly harmless. Tails
do detach. Jimmcfez - 12-15-2011 at 05:29 PM
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Originally posted by Acuity
Our gardener has an unmanly fear of them. Are they actually dangerous, or is this an "old gardener's tale"?
Best thing you could have for the garden! These carnivorous critters will consume bugs in a big way....and anything else that is around. Baby mice to
spiders. Also...... eat animals close to or greater than their own body length!
A very good thing to have around. Yes...the cats do a number on these lizards.....Hawks too.
blue belly
captkw - 12-15-2011 at 05:50 PM
Blue belly's are different speices,,little smaller and dont bite in defense...we have them in baja and they are not as silver as the ones in ca.
alittle more brown/dark on the top...funny some folk's dont like snake's but like lizard's !! just a snake with legs...
Blue-bellied lizards are
BigOly - 12-15-2011 at 08:09 PM
in the spiny lizard family. Different than alligator lizards. Alligator lizards do have small teeth but the large ones will clamp down on their prey
(or in my case the base of my thumb) and won't let go. When you are a little kid, that hurts a lot. We used to have lots of lizards where we live here
in LB, I miss them. Now we have all the neighbors cats and no lizards.
big bird
captkw - 12-15-2011 at 08:11 PM
oly,,what is that cool looking bird in your avatar?
[Edited on 12-16-2011 by captkw]güero - 12-15-2011 at 08:24 PM
Looks like the skink family to me but I've been wrong before. Used to have pet aligator lizards, they were a littly huskier and bigger scales. Just my
centavos, not worth a whole lot of beans as I only have personal experience and no education in the matter.Skipjack Joe - 12-15-2011 at 08:59 PM
Alligator Lizard.
I just came across this book. Looks like something worth getting. But $95 - ouch. I think it may be worth it.
