Northern Alligator Lizard

Northern Alligator Lizard, Calaveras County, June 2010

Nothing like walking into the bathroom of your brand new house and finding this guy hiding behind the door. Northern Alligator Lizards aren't poisonous, but they can bite. Fortunately, this one didn't really want to move, but DH chased him out the front door with a folded newspaper. Afterwards, we plugged his suspected entranceway: the so-far unused dryer vent.