New pet!
 

Caught this guy near my apartment earlier this week. It's an alligator lizard. Seems like it's about half a year old and it should grow to anywhere from 14" to 18".

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Very cool, I just found a spider that lives outside my apartment thats about an inch in diameter. I've fondled with the idea of capturing it and possibly training it to slay my enemies.

I used to get so excited when I found those when I was a kid. I miss CA.

reminds me of geckos in Florida...lizards are the shit!

i think thats a plate lizard. i had one about a foot long. cool animals

I'm almost certain thats a skink. Not sure exactly which kind, but thats my guess.

is his tougue purple or blue. that would confirm the skink thing. you are prolly right though

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Looks too slender to be a skink in my opinion. Hope it works out well for you and the lizard. Sometimes wild lizards don't do well when captured and cared for.

Nah, it's an alligator lizard. Confirmed it with a lizard expert at Petco :) It's doing fine so far - still getting used to being held but it's not as paranoid as it was for first few days. My cat just discovered it yesterday and tried to grab it but I stopped her right in time :)

Just the other day I caught a similar looking salamander (I assumed) with a blue tail. Then I let the little guy go.

in for uh, part out?

Group buy on tails? 2-6 weeks production time for each...

Huh. When I was a kid back in Florida, we used to gather those little fuckers up from the playground during recess and then stick 'em in the girls desks before they got back to class.

Never occurred to me to keep one as a pet.

You're weird.

Yeah, but you have cooties because you touched a girl's desk.

I've caught a few 5-lined skinks at work lately. Swift little fuckers. That is def. not a skink...though it's close in looks.

Catch a broad-headed skink, an adult male, and let it bite you... lol...that's a strong motherfucker...

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That's cool.

I have one of these, among many other things...
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Who does your nails?

Picture off Google images? Ever occur to you? lol

Sorry, I just had to make that comment when I saw the picture :)

I would love to have a blue tongued skink...