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SOUTH JETTY (near glider drop) (Humboldt County)  March 11, 2008
Northern Alligator Lizard (principis/shastensis)

Pictured here are 4 of 6 Northern Alligator Lizards I came across south of Humboldt Bay's South Jetty.  Anguid #3 has a
close resemblance to last year's "Mouth of the Mattole" specimen and Bradford Norman's Tolowa Dunes specimens.









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BLAIR ROAD west of Hoopa, CA                                        *           EAST FORK WILLOW CREEK
                                                     (eastern Humboldt County)       *           (campground) (eastern Humboldt County)
                                                      May 9, 2008                                  *            May 10, 2008
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                                                    Northern Alligator Lizard           *            Northern (Shasta) Alligator Lizard
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Near RYAN'S SLOUGH (behind Redwood Acres, Myrtletown)     (Humboldt County)
May 12, 2008          Northern Alligator lizard (prinsipis/shastensis)
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The HCHS' 1st group hike of the year, guided by Bradford Norman, uncovered this beautiful
specimen of the Shasta subspecies.  This is an adult male with the typically broad-shaped gray
head and bright dorsal yellows.  This poor guy had ticks behind his ear openings (not
uncommon in the areas that are hotter in summer).

                                                                                   We also found two small feisty juveniles.
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3
4
(principis/shastensis)
intergrade
(shastensis)
Elgaria Sighting and Picture by Bradford R. Norman
Bradford Norman found this
strikingly patterned Shasta
Alligator in August of 1996.

Six Rivers National Forest
(Del Norte County)