Southern Alligator Lizard

Elgaria multicarinata

The Southern Alligator Lizard is a fun little reptile that loves to bask in the sun. With its long body and cool scales, it can often be found in gardens or under rocks.

Hábitat: Urban areas

Aspecto

The Southern Alligator Lizard has a long, slender body with short legs and a long tail. Its overlapping, keeled scales are typically brown, grey, or olive, often with darker crossbands. A distinct fold of skin runs along each side of its body, and its belly is usually pale yellow.

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Southern Alligator Lizard

Categoría

Reptiles

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

Despite their name, Southern Alligator Lizards are not related to alligators at all!

Some females can store sperm for months to fertilize eggs later, how cool is that?

These lizards can live in gardens, helping control pests like slugs and snails!

They can 'play dead' when threatened, lying still until danger passes, wow!

Habilidades especiales

Southern Alligator Lizard can drop its wiggling tail to distract predators, which helps them make a quick getaway!

Southern Alligator Lizard has a unique skin fold along its sides that helps them expand to eat larger meals or carry eggs.

Southern Alligator Lizard has strong jaws that help them crush exoskeletons of insects and hold onto squirming prey.

Southern Alligator Lizard can climb well using sharp claws and scaly skin, which helps them scale trees and rocks for hunting.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 15-50 cm
Peso: 0.01-0.1 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-10 años
Top Speed: 10 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 5-20
Incubación: 30-90 días

Dieta y alimentación

These carnivorous lizards eat a variety of insects, spiders, and even small rodents or other lizards.

Alimentos principales

crickets
grasshoppers
slugs
snails
spiders
beetles

Método de búsqueda

Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer

Snakes hunt these lizards for a meal.

hunts

Two-spotted Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

The lizard actively preys on many types of insects.

hunts

Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

A common garden pest that these lizards enjoy eating.

Rasgos

Arborícola

Los animales arborícolas viven principalmente en los árboles, utilizándolos como refugio, alimento y protección contra los depredadores.

Camuflado

El camuflaje describe a los organismos que poseen colores o patrones que les permiten mezclarse con su entorno.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Carnívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en tejido animal.

Diurno

Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.

Regenerativo

Los organismos regenerativos poseen la capacidad de volver a desarrollar partes del cuerpo, tejidos u órganos perdidos o dañados.

Adaptado a la ciudad

Esta característica de hábitat indica especies que pueden coexistir con los humanos en entornos urbanos y suburbanos, utilizando estructuras artificiales y espacios verdes.