#elgaria

[herpsandbirds]

Hi there, I have been wondering about these lizards for a while. Saw them in Los Angeles in 2022. They seemed bigger than the usual fence lizards i see around here. Thank you much! - 🍓

GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!

I love ALLIGATOR LIZARDS!!! These are Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata), family Anguidae.

Southern Alligator Lizard - Elgaria multicarinata

Southern alligator lizard - Wikipedia

* @no-me-it-you-red, can you tell which subspecies this is?

[chaparralprincess]

small beauty! the alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)

[crudlynaturephotos]

[scalygems]

Probably gonna stay up late to finish this southern alligator lizard 🌵

[herpsandbirds]

chased this feisty little fellow around my house for a bit before catching and releasing them outside. I suspect it’s some type of skink. Santa Monica Mountains, southern california, USA.

Lizard ID - CA, USA:

Henlom, yessssssssssss, this handsome little friend is a Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata), family Anguidae.

https://californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/e.multicarinata.html

[herpsandbirds]

California Alligator Lizard (Elgaria m. multicarinata), family Anguidae, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA

photograph by Chad M. Lane

[herpsandbirds]

Panamint Alligator Lizard (Elgaria panamintina), family Anguidae, Inyo County, CA, USA

photograph by flaxington

[herpsandbirds]

found along the trail in Southern California

In that location, this would be the...

San Diego Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata webbii), family Anguidae

This is a subspecies of the Southern Alligator Lizard.

Find out more here:

Southern alligator lizard - Wikipedia

Woodland Alligator Lizard - Elgaria multicarinata webbii (californiaherps.com)