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 #2064747


Veeman
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 Not sure what gender i have

had it for a little over a year, caught in central washington, in a sagebrush desert area of naches/selah in an outside vent at a house we were working at in summer ’08.

this year we found a little one in the same exact vent but didnt make the long ride home which was a major bummer :(

(i was thinking if mines a female that was maybe its offspring?)




in summer of ’08 i didnt have a lamp for it, just had it in a cheap cage, then when i was getting crickets one day the store owner was trying to get rid of a cage+lamp and sold me a big 50+ gallon tank + heat/uv lamp for $50 so i took it, now it has its lamp for awhile and it seems to like it ;)

if anyone can make a pic to show differences and maybe use a photo editor to like put arrows and text to show what to look for to find gender would be great.



its 12 inches long (nose to tip of tail)





08/28/09  05:16pm

 #2064912


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   Message To: Veeman   In reference to Message Id: 2064747


 Not sure what gender i have

thats a nice allie you have, my guess would be its a female the males heads should look more like this
08/28/09  11:59pm

 #2064928


Veeman
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   Message To: Hunter Breed   In reference to Message Id: 2064912


 Not sure what gender i have

in case she did lay eggs before we caught her last year, how often can they lay eggs if i find a male?
08/29/09  02:17am

 #2065139


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   Message To: Veeman   In reference to Message Id: 2064928


 Not sure what gender i have

i have heard that they can lay up to three, but some sources will say only one???? but i have a pair that mated and laid eggs in early march but they havent had another clutch since then, but yours is prob a northern that would give live birth which is prob alot easier since sometimes keeping the eggs alive can be difficult
08/29/09  04:47pm

 #2065144


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   Message To: Hunter Breed   In reference to Message Id: 2065139


 Not sure what gender i have

actually looking at your pics im not sure if its a southern or northern it has pretty yellow eyes like a southern allie there are southern allies way up north but prob not as common
08/29/09  04:54pm

 #2065330


Veeman
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   Message To: Hunter Breed   In reference to Message Id: 2065144


 Not sure what gender i have

thanks for the info

i have been looking at some google images and southern/northern look really similar to me. i thought mine was southern since most the the northern pics had a much different scale pattern

possibly just people mis-tag the pic and think its northern because they are in washington and southern because they are in cali

i dont know :(
08/30/09  12:50am

 #2065418


Madeline
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   Message To: Veeman   In reference to Message Id: 2064747


 Not sure what gender i have

I am almost 100% sure its a female!
08/30/09  11:52am

 #2065475


Veeman
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   Message To: Madeline   In reference to Message Id: 2065418


 Not sure what gender i have

thanks

is it northern or southern?
08/30/09  02:51pm

 #2065493


Madeline
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   Message To: Veeman   In reference to Message Id: 2065475


 Not sure what gender i have

How big is it???
Northern is most likely to be about 6 inches and under..
Southern is about 7 inches and up....

P.S If you caught it tell me where if not, that’s OK....Its just easier 2 tell
08/30/09  04:36pm

 #2065494


Madeline
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   Message To: Madeline   In reference to Message Id: 2065493


 Not sure what gender i have

OH! hehe sorry it says @ the top...I missed that....
YA its most likely southern because of how long it is....
Shes a nice lizard and totally worth keeping!

P.S you should try doing some inter net surfing to find other things about her!



08/30/09  04:41pm

 #2065625


Veeman
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   Message To: Madeline   In reference to Message Id: 2065494


 Not sure what gender i have

some one (on another site) told me about a HERP license just to have one of these let alone try to breed them.

i cant find any info about it for Washington, or even a law against having/breeding these.

whats this about?
08/30/09  09:27pm

 #2065684


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   Message To: Veeman   In reference to Message Id: 2065625


 Not sure what gender i have

not sure about other states but i know for california technically you are supposed to have a fishing license if you want to go out and catch one and i think 2 is the limit!, and if you want to keep more than that or breed them you have to get a special permit. and since the alligator lizard is native to california that is why you will never see a alligator lizard for sale in a petshop in cali if its native to california then its protected. but im sure you can buy them in other states

i usually always have a fishing license so i guess i didnt break that rule, but to be honest i do have more than two, four to be exact, and i did end up breeding a pair this spring but i gave away all the babies except one, and i dont have a special permit, i have never heard of anyone getting in trouble for ever catching a alligator lizard i think the only thing law enforce ment would care about is if you were trying to make money off selling them.



08/31/09  12:36am


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