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The male was introduced on April 6th.
I only witnessed copulation once on April 16th - but given how she looks this morning, I suspect they copulated fairly early on in the game.

This is the same female that gave me a clutch of 10 eggs last year (wild mating - collected gravid).

The male was collected this year, a few days before introducing him to the female.

I'm hoping for 14 eggs this year, but whatever she gives me will be fine
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3.6 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Garter)
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

What are you going to do with all those babies?

How long does it take before they can go into copulation? 2 years?

Also, how do I attach a picture to a reply?
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I will be back!

I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do with this years clutch.
There's a researcher in georgia that might be getting some of them if her research project is approved.

I will be holding back some as future breeders.

What the researcher doesn't take (if she takes any) and what I don't hold back will be gifted out.

Assuming Fish & Game lets me gift them to hobbyists outside of california - four are potentially spoken for (two to someone in Montana who has first priority, two to someone in Georgia - a different someone than the researcher). After those four, two others potentially spoken for within California.

I believe that captive bred alligator lizards can mate their second season, definitely third if not second.

I held back 2 pairs last year, so next year I *may* have three breeding pairs instead of just one.

To attach an image - it has to be hosted on the web somewhere, such as photobucket.

Then you use standard UBB image code -

[ img ]http://someurl.com/image.jpg[ /img ]

except without the spaces
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3.6 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Garter)
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

I know you have an urge to give me some but just try to restrain yourself ok!

If you have a pair that is female and male, will be more than happy to take it off your hands. I live in California.
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I will be back!

Does the male actually sticks its hemipenis inside the female because when I see animals do it, they are on top of each other but I don't see how copulation can actually happens.
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I will be back!

The male bites the females head and holds her, and aligns his body along the side of hers.
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3.6 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Garter)
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (Cal. Alligator Lizard)