Pacific Northwest
Reptiles & Amphibians
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Southern Alligator Lizard - Elgaria multicarinata
(Skilton, 1849)(= California Alligator Lizard; Forest Alligator Lizard; Oregon Alligator Lizard)
Related or Similar Northwest Lizards:
Northwestern Alligator Lizard
Western Skink
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| Adult, Klickitat County, Washington | ||
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| Adult, Klickitat County, Washington | ||
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| Adult, Douglas County, Oregon | ||
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| Adult, Klickitat County, Washington | ||
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| Adult, Klickitat County, Washington |
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| Habitat, Klickitat County, Washington | Habitat, Klickitat County, Washington | Habitat, Douglas County, Oregon |
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| Habitat, Klickitat County, Washington |
Habitat, Klickitat County, Washington | |
| Short Videos | ||
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| A Southern Alligator Lizard is discovered sheltering under a rock on a cold spring day in the Siskiyou Mountains of Siskiyou County. | This short video shows how a Southern Alligator Lizard's tail thrashes around after it has been dropped to distract a predator. The tail moved for about 4-5 minutes, which has been cut down here to about a minute, showing several different speeds until it is just barely moving. | |
Northwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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