Alligator Lizard Eggs

My female produced for me again this year - Last year she gave me 10 eggs from a wild mating, this year - 14 eggs from a captive mating.



Last weekend I went out of town and she hadn't laid yet.
Came home Sunday evening - and she had laid.

The male was collected this year.



That's the pairing (the male is the reddish one on top).

All 14 eggs look good - so hopefully I get 14 hatchlings ... all 10 eggs hatched last year.

I removed the eggs as I'm not properly set up to keep humid but not wet soil. The mother moped quite a bit - and kept returning to the spot. So next year, I think I'll set up some drainage - and try to let her guard her eggs until they hatch. It will be an interesting experiment.

Hopefully the male will be fertile next year - I hear you have to get them really cool or they shoot blanks. Since he was wild collected this year, that wasn't an issue.

Redding, CA locality Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - possibly with some influence from Elgaria multicarinata scincicauda as I'm not too far from the integrade range. I think I'm south of the integrade range though.

I'll post pics when they hatch - which I'm guessing will be mid to late July (took 45 to 47 days last year)

Bred under CA DFG permit RA-0280