Haha - I'm not going to breed with her, just provide her with a good looking stud :D

Since she was collected within a mile of my home, and there are alligator lizards that occasionally come onto my property, I'm going to find her a nice male - and next years hatchlings get released into my yard (after their first meal of pinheads).

I know, fish and game says written permission is needed, but I don't think it is that big of a deal. They are worried about animals being released where they don't belong and exotic disease transmission.

The first isn't an issue, she (and her mate next year) are not only local subspecies, but local population.

The second is possibly an issue, but if the hatchlings are hatched in fresh media, fed, and then released - I don't see them picking up any exotic diseases that they could take to the wild.

Impact on wild population will be minimal, most hatchlings never make it adulthood. Cars have a bigger impact on local population -just last night I found a flattened gorgeous deep red coloured male

He would have been a good mate for her, but a tire found him first.
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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 0.0.10 CH Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

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