California Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata)

Created: May 13th, 2009 - 09:45 PM
Last Modified: June 15th, 2010 - 02:37 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 24914

Country: United States		State: California	County: Shasta County	Time: 2009-05-13 14:50:00
Qty: 2	Age: Adult	Sex: Both	Method: Log flipping	Habitat: Grass field near stream
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Cloudy		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 563.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

The male was properly positioned for copulation when the log was flipped. He held on to the female but copulation ended. They crawled off together, male still holding the female, to underneath another log.

Update Nov 9 2009: Updated elevation via GPSVisualizer

Update Jun 15 2010: Added subspecies based on red pigment of female. The male may actually key out to E m scincicauda but I don't know.

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Comments

Posted by Kyle Loucks on May 14, 2009 at 07:31 AM

I would hate to be interrupted too ;) Nice find.