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Can anyone point me to breeders of southerns and texas alli,s Just got a southern and would like to start breeding them have breed them many times in the past just moved on to other things but still have a soft spot for the little guys

I know Lynn Peterson worked with them the last time I talked to him, about a year or two ago. He's the biggest breeder of alligator lizards I know about (then again, I'm a monitor man myself). I can't remember his number, maybe you can find it somewhere. And it's a lot easier to call him than e-mail, Lynn is "extremely old school". Good luck!
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Jason

Just to clarify of how big, I found an old post of his talking about having about 300 alligator lizards, and I'm sure he still works with them. He loves his alligator lizards almost as much as his sungazers!
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Jason

I'm also looking for the samething I'm trying to breed allies also any info would help please and thank you man,
I also have monitors .

Alligator lizards remind me of tiny monitors with their intelligence and appetites. What monitors you keep? I've had a yellow ackie and other "pet shop favorites" (savannas mostly) in the past. Working on getting a group of 5 red ackies from Rare Earth.

Back on alligators,
http://www.anapsid.org/gerrhont.html has a real basic care sheet. For breeding, just expose them to the same cycle you would use for a corn snake, king snake, or any north american colubrid. Depending on the species you want to work with and your location, keeping them outdoors would be quite simple, provide as large a cage as you can make of wood, screen, block, whatever. DON'T use an aquarium outdoors, they will heat up too quick and too hot, and make sure its escape proof. Provide cover to cool down, deep enough substrate for egg laying (for species that lay eggs), water dish, and plenty of bugs and even pinky mice for adults. That's the beauty of keeping native animals, simple caging and care!

Good luck!
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Jason

I am more in to milks but I like my alligator lizards

Just seen the reply thanks for pointing me in the right direction