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Okay /an/, any lizard lovers out there?
My cat found what I think is a baby Northwestern Alligator lizard in my house, and injured him, so I put him in some tupperware to monitor him and he seems to be fine now. I was wondering if this species of lizard is able to be domesticated, and what food a small one of these can eat, or if it WILL eat within captivity. I've caught adults before due to my cats, but I've had to let them go because they refused to eat the snails I provided, but do I have a better chance with a baby?

Another thing, I have a tank with an Asian land turtle, and I was wondering if it would be wise to put the lizard in with the turtle or if that's a bad idea.

Also, the size of the lizard in the picture is just about as big as the one I have, but he's a little longer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>> Anonymous
Your hand is ancient.
>> Anonymous
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There's the little guy, though the close up makes him look a bit bigger than he really is. At the moment, he's hiding in some of the grass and leaves I put in there shortly after the picture.
>> Anonymous
>>175127
That picture's from another website, if you didn't notice the copyright in the bottom right corner.
>> Anonymous
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There's the two I caught awhile back that I mentioned, and as you can see they're quite a deal longer. I'm pretty sure it's the same species.
>> Anonymous
thats not a lizard its a skink similar but diffrent there like the evolutionary link between a lizard and a snake
>> Anonymous
>>175144
Are you absolutely sure? I live near Sacramento, California, and I'd like to know what species of skink you think it might be, and perhaps provide me with a picture if you can. Oh, and I forgot to add that he/she has little spaced black specks running down along his spine in a row, which I don't think showed up very well in the photo.
>> Tired Anon
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Hm... well, my humble opinion would be that it's fine, as long as you read enough sources to make you feel confident that it will not die from deprivation. The northern alligator lizard doesn't require too much, a thirty gallon tank should suffice with soil and moss bedding, a shallow water dish, and plenty of things to hide under. Also, don't forget your heat lamp. That little guy should live happily on small crickets and wax worms, though don't get the king sized mealworms until it's about five inches from nose to cloaca. All in all, it's young, and has been injured, so it may not survive due to shock. But good luck raising the little guy.
>> Anonymous
Found this skink in northern Minnesota a while ago. self-IDed it as a Northern Prarie Skink. This is the set up I had for it.
This skink seemed to acclimate just fine in captivity, including its own health scare (nearly drowned) - the wild ones are hardy.

In addition to Tired Anons' good suggestions, I strongly recommend not putting your new skink in with your land tortoise, especially if it is injured.

You can look up more information about the animal on common herpetology forums and websites. I learned about the indigenous species and thusly this type of skink in such a manner.

One tip: Keep a fair amount of substrate available (around 2"-3" for your young one). Skinks, unlike lizards, enjoy digging and hiding.

Also, I found angleworms (smaller earth-worm type creatures) are easy to feed skinks as compared to some insects.
>> Anonymous
sage for lizards
>> tigerfeather !CrwtTbFNxQ
>>175147
Ooh! I live near Sacramento too. I wanna come over and pet your Northern Alligator lizard.
>> Anonymous
>>175144
FAIL.

If anything, then mosasaurs are the evolutionary link between lizards and snakes. Skinks are merely an evolutionary link between lizards and more lizards.
>> Anonymous
Looks more like a skink.
And you need to use some moisturizer on your skin or something.
>> Anonymous
fuck yeah, lizards rock. i have 2 short-tailed horned lizards (even though they're protected by the state that i live in and illegal to have as pets, and i could be fined $500 a piece just for having them here). anyways. they're really neat. they just sort of lay around and eat grasshoppers. i have yet to see this type of horned lizard shoot blood from it's eyes yet, but supposedly they can. now if that ain't a cool pet, i don't know what is.
>> Anonymous
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California alligator lizard?

OP: your first pic doesn't seem to match your last two - at least by my untrained eye.
>> Anonymous
>>176631

I found one in my backyard a few days ago. They're really friendly, actually.