Fun @ Del Valle (no. cal)
 

last weekend i went out to del valle armed with my digicam and a backpack full of bottles of ice water. thought id post some pictures.

the alligator lizard (look at that guys tail!!) was just basking in the sun when i came running down the hill and just happened to hop over him. right about mid jump i realized what i was hopping over and hit the brakes.

Nice PIcs...

Sweet photos. Herps in the wild provide for some of the coolest photos!

Nice pics!!!!!

funny how we posted wild alligator pics at just about the same time :cool:

i miss spoke.... :rolleyes: You posted them on the 22'nd.

That alligator lizard has some really nice red on his flanks. I had a pet one kind of similar to him when i was a kid.

Again, nice pic!

Cool Gator lizard. Very nice colors.... this is one I caught in the Sierra's 2 weekends ago. Notice how long this ones tail is. Unfortunatly most Gator lizards I catch have a ton of ticks near their tympanic membrane's opening.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...r/DSCF0936.jpg

they have very different coloration but they both have some nice LONG complete tails!!

my guess is that they are different sub species.

heres one i caught near mt. diablo that looks to be the same as yours. well actually, he ended up catching me...lol.

i didnt notice but it said "file to large".

i shrank it. here it is.

It seems that all the other California residents are noticing the crazy amounts of alligator lizards too. I'm surprised I haven't found any in my room yet.