Alligator Lizards are very secretive; their first defence is to flee and hide. - So secretive that it took me some 30 years to see my first Alligator Lizard, but since then we have seen a number of them.
Alligator Lizards spend the winter hibernating in underground dens (hibernacula). In B.C., Northwestern Alligator Lizards appear to remain near their hibernacula year-round. After mating, the young develop inside their mother’s body. Come mid-August to mid-September, the pregnant females give birth to between 4 and 6 live young.
Their typical diet includes crickets, mealworms, and moths, but they will also take larger prey, such as small lizards, and will even eat small baby mice if given the opportunity.
Although the Northwestern Alligator Lizard is not at risk, it's not easy to find or see.
With luck, we might be able to see more of them in 2015.
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