Id My Skinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sobrino]

umm.....im having trouble identifying my skinks, so can u guys or girls help me out? here are some pics i took...good luck with ur knowledge

 

[Sobrino]

sorry some of the pics came out blurry

 

[insect714]

Aligator Lizards

What you have there is a Northern Aligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea). Hope that helps

Jonathan Insect714

 

[Galapoheros]

Alligator lizards pretty much....ROCK. Was it sold to you as a skink? The Tx. Alligator lizard is sold here for $50 and it's a local lizard.

 

[Sobrino]

yes it was sold to me as a skink.....are alligator lizards livebearers?

 

[Galapoheros]

Lay eggs. I have experience with the Tx. alligator lizard but not the sp. you have. I had a friend that found one one like yours in Cal. I think it was Cal. Tx. alligator lizards get pretty big and have prehensile tails. Just a really nice lizard. Get pretty big too. Did you google that sucker? You should get some good info. Ha!.....a skink:liar: . They will hire anybody at a pet store. The last one I caught, I put him on a tree in my backyard to get some sun and forgot about it . Oh, well. Arthros are easier anyway.

 

[Sobrino]

but the skink...or lizard i have is livebearing because it gave birth and absoulutely no egg shells were found. plus my sister saw it give birth...so im confused....i did google but that was no help at all

 

[insect714]

Hello,
Yes the Northern Aligator lizard is a live bearer, usually giving between 2-7 babies, and they are very good lizards, great eaters, very friendly. I have had many of them over the years and it is one of my fav. local lizards...

Northern Alligator Lizard-Reproduction
(Elgaria coerulea=Gerrhonotus coeruleus)
Live bearing (viviparous)
Mating:
In Western Washington "mid April-late May" (Vitt 1973 Herpetologica 29:176-184)
"Breeding season varies locally... San Francisco: mid April; Sierra Nevada (Calif.) first half June; Montana, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington: April-May. (Smith 1946 "Handbook of Lizards")

Jonathan Insect714

 

[Sobrino]

umm......i finally identified them!!!! they are central american Alligator Lizards.....YAY!!! after so long i finally know what they are.