Hey Alice ~ How are you? I haven't seen any aggressive behaviour in the Alligator Lizards at all. Up until now, I believed them all to be immature (not sexually mature). Now I don't know. That specimen is behaving normally. It burrows beneath the substrate, hangs out in the open and moves about without incidence. Its feeding well. I have known this lizard to look in this condition now for at least a week and i'm thinking if there was some form of trauma or infection to cause such bloating that a lizard of this size would have succumbed by now.

Like I said its in a colony with others and is the only one that seems to be in this condition.

I've moved her into one of my large incubators. she is in a semi-damp burrowing medium and i'm checking her everyday. Aside from her outward appearance, she seems to be fine.

Do you keep many Alligator Lizards yourself? I noticed that you are pretty frequent on this forum and seem to be partial to the Southerns. Thats great, its the only sub of this species that i'm really interested in keeping, it stems from a childhood experience I had with them. That female you posted a picture of is beautiful ~ shes very similiar in color to the one that got me interested in them in my youth.

Do you keep any other herps? Thanks Alice, Leo
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