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Posted by Sunsnail on Apr-30-2007 01:29:

A Tail of Two Lizards

He's been there for several months. I know he overwintered in my greenhouse. Today I realized he has a hot wife. Bright blue tail. If I was a bird I would definitely try to eat her. I sat and watched them for an hour. They are very interesting creatures. I don't mind them much. They are colorful and eat loathsome insects. They will probably lay eggs soon. I wouldn't mind starting a lizard ranch.

I wanted to ID the species of this lizard. Google brought up UGA's reptile website. After looking around, I am confident they're in the genus Eumeces. As for which species, my best guess would be Eumeces laticpes.

This is a male. Very distinctive burnt orange head.

This is a female.

Posted by denys envy on Apr-30-2007 01:30:

Posted by shaw on Apr-30-2007 01:30:

cools. Don't think I've actually seen lizard eggs before, for some reason.

I used to have a chameleon. He died, but was fairly entertaining for a while.

Posted by shaw on Apr-30-2007 01:31:

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Originally posted by Aristronica

lol. I haven't seen that version before.

Posted by Frenchie on Apr-30-2007 01:47:

Aww lizards. cute

Posted by chach on Apr-30-2007 01:49:

There are too many lizards in florida, they dont even move out of your way it sucks having to scrap them off your shoe...

Posted by jfk-pilot on Apr-30-2007 02:02:

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Originally posted by chach
There are too many lizards in florida, they dont even move out of your way it sucks having to scrap them off your shoe...

lol my gf's cat loves to torture the little lizards, it would like pick up the lizard with its mouth, bite it just a little, let it go, then torment the poor little lizard while its trying to run away

Posted by BTG on Apr-30-2007 03:24:

looks like some sort of skink

Posted by Sushipunk on Apr-30-2007 03:39:

Re: A Tail of Two Lizards

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
He's been there for several months. I know he overwintered in my greenhouse. Today I realized he has a hot wife. Bright blue tail. If I was a bird I would definitely try to eat her. I sat and watched them for an hour. They are very interesting creatures. I don't mind them much. They are colorful and eat loathsome insects. They will probably lay eggs soon. I wouldn't mind starting a lizard ranch.

I wanted to ID the species of this lizard. Google brought up UGA's reptile website. After looking around, I am confident they're in the genus Eumeces. As for which species, my best guess would be Eumeces laticpes.

This is a male. Very distinctive burnt orange head.

This is a female.

Be careful handling them like that. Depending on what kind of lizard/skink they are, their tales may disconnect as a defense to something grabbing it like that.

Cool looking though Good find.

Posted by jfk-pilot on Apr-30-2007 04:06:

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Originally posted by Sushipunk
Be careful handling them like that. Depending on what kind of lizard/skink they are, their tales may disconnect as a defense to something grabbing it like that.

Cool looking though Good find.

aren't some type of skinks poisonous, like the striped ones...?

Posted by narcism on Apr-30-2007 04:13:

im so scared of lizards
that first pic gave me the heeby-jeebies

Posted by Frenchie on Apr-30-2007 04:16:

My grandmother was really scared of them as a little kid. My uncle got a small lizard and he snuck up behind her and put it down her dress. She was so scared that she couldn't move so she just stood there and screamed.

I think my uncle got a good beating for it.

Posted by narcism on Apr-30-2007 04:23:

yea when i was 13 my next door neighbour in malta bought over a cameleon he found in a fruit tree and placed it on my shoulder....
i swear my heart stopped beating i went so white and nearly vomitted, my family all thought it was hilarious

Posted by Sushipunk on Apr-30-2007 04:26:

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Originally posted by narcism
im so scared of lizards
that first pic gave me the heeby-jeebies

Lol, the ones here in Australia are pretty tame. I think

I found a waterdragon over the road in the park about a week ago, but I didn't have my camera to take a pic. It looks pretty much the same as this, but with less black and more grey:

It was pretty big, about 35cm (13") kinda spiky. They're pretty lethargic too, so you can pat them down the back and they sort of flatten themselves out. Pretty cool.

Posted by narcism on Apr-30-2007 04:28:

i scrolled so fast over that....

Posted by shaw on Apr-30-2007 04:29:

damn...I want one.

Posted by Sushipunk on Apr-30-2007 04:30:

quote:
Originally posted by narcism
i scrolled so fast over that....

Lol, sorry!

Posted by Lilith on Apr-30-2007 04:57:

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quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail

This is a male. Very distinctive burnt orange head.

He's a cool looking lizard, really unusual colouring on him! Congrats on becoming a godfather to a dozen baby lizards

I used to have a couple of these at my place ages ago

(Not taken by me)

Blue Tongue lizards, they'd eat all the snails, slugs and bugs around the place, I think cats got them though as I've not seen them for years

Posted by Sushipunk on Apr-30-2007 05:20:

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quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
He's a cool looking lizard, really unusual colouring on him! Congrats on becoming a godfather to a dozen baby lizards

I used to have a couple of these at my place ages ago

(Not taken by me)

Blue Tongue lizards, they'd eat all the snails, slugs and bugs around the place, I think cats got them though as I've not seen them for years

We get them here too! They have a mega powerful bite, so your kitty had wanna be careful Love their awesome tongues though.

But I have to admit I kind of freak out when I see them from the corner of my eye, as they look just like a snake.

Posted by Lilith on Apr-30-2007 05:28:

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Yeah, they do look like Joe Blake which isn't good for their survival around nervous girls with a rake, they also really hiss loudly... Kitty wouldn't bother them because he's more or less to the point where his geriatric ass can barely take on a mouse. Those water dragons get huge too! About 3ft long and all spines and claws.

Posted by Sushipunk on Apr-30-2007 05:46:

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quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Yeah, they do look like Joe Blake which isn't good for their survival around nervous girls with a rake, they also really hiss loudly... Kitty wouldn't bother them because he's more or less to the point where his geriatric ass can barely take on a mouse. Those water dragons get huge too! About 3ft long and all spines and claws.

Holy shit, 3 feet long? Never seen one that big. I saw a waterdragon a couple of years ago that was about, I don't know, maybe 2 feet?

What I don't get is why they're around here. There's no water for about a kilometer or so.

Posted by enferno on Apr-30-2007 07:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Frenchie
My grandmother was really scared of them as a little kid. My uncle got a small lizard and he snuck up behind her and put it down her dress. She was so scared that she couldn't move so she just stood there and screamed.

I think my uncle got a good beating for it.

how could your uncle put it down her dress when she was a kid?

'my sister may be a pretty mean woman, but she's the only mama i got'??

Posted by Sunsnail on Apr-30-2007 11:51:

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Posted by bas on Apr-30-2007 17:08:

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Originally posted by Sunsnail
What do you mean? I have not touched them.

He thinks that's your hand touching them.

Posted by AndreaCKY772 on Apr-30-2007 18:37:

how cute!! i aboslutely love amphibians like lizards, newts and even iguanas. i always wanted an iguana but i guess they carry salmonella. i wish we had lizards up here instead of squirrels...

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