# I've got lizards **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907 "2011-05-23T15:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/21 "2011-05-24T04:37:23Z")
I’m glad Frodo is home. What a handsome lizard! Tell his owner if you get a chance that there are harnesses made for lizards, so maybe Frodo can get some sun without getting away. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/22 "2011-05-24T05:26:14Z")
Anyone else read the title and think: …I got music, I got my man Who could ask for anything more? No? Just me? ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/23 "2011-05-24T06:19:27Z")
Very creative sign you made, Munch, good sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/24 "2011-05-24T06:49:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Anyone else read the title and think: > > …I got music, > I got my man > Who could ask for anything more? > No? Just me? Well, I didn’t until I read this. I think I may hate you now. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/25 "2011-05-25T14:18:07Z")
> [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](#): > > I’m giving the owner ‘princess points’ Uh, not a good idea – do you know what dragons DO with princesses? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/26 "2011-05-25T14:19:11Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > I find it difficult to believe he went more than a couple blocks You called it! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/27 "2011-05-25T14:33:17Z")
I don’t know where the OP is. But down here in FLA saying, “I’ve got lizards” is like saying, “I’ve got sunlight.” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/28 "2011-05-25T14:40:24Z")
Munch, aren’t you in Indiana? ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/29 "2011-05-25T17:21:48Z")
We babysat a Russian Tortoise for a couple of years and she was quite the wanderer. She seemed to enjoy the exercise so we began to focus more on homing devices rather than foiling her escapes. Our best was the remote, I’d tape it to her shell and then page it with the tv - instant beeping tortoise. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/30 "2011-05-26T18:25:38Z")
Since this is about lizards, I have a lizard that lives in the gap between under one of the stone steps down to my place from the sidewalk. He’s just the normal 3-4 inch long brownish lizard like I’ve seen all my life in California. I notice him sunning himself on the step quite often, then darting into the gap when I approach. I have named him Alphonse. He was gone for pretty much the whole winter, but I started seeing him again a few weeks ago. Do lizards hibernate? How long do they live? Basically, do I need to find another name, or am I probably still property-mates with the same and original Alphonse? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/31 "2011-05-26T19:25:33Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > Since this is about lizards, I have a lizard that lives in the gap between under one of the stone steps down to my place from the sidewalk. He’s just the normal 3-4 inch long brownish lizard like I’ve seen all my life in California. I notice him sunning himself on the step quite often, then darting into the gap when I approach. I have named him Alphonse. > > He was gone for pretty much the whole winter, but I started seeing him again a few weeks ago. Do lizards hibernate? How long do they live? Basically, do I need to find another name, or am I probably still property-mates with the same and original Alphonse? I’m not sure about “lizards” in general, but beardies [brumate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumate#Brumation) which is similar to hibernating except that they will get up once or twice a week to stretch and get some water. Very strange for a first time beardie owner not expecting it. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/32 "2011-05-26T22:54:50Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > Since this is about lizards, I have a lizard that lives in the gap between under one of the stone steps down to my place from the sidewalk. He’s just the normal 3-4 inch long brownish lizard like I’ve seen all my life in California. I notice him sunning himself on the step quite often, then darting into the gap when I approach. I have named him Alphonse. > > He was gone for pretty much the whole winter, but I started seeing him again a few weeks ago. Do lizards hibernate? How long do they live? Basically, do I need to find another name, or am I probably still property-mates with the same and original Alphonse? Maybe [Western Fence Lizard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_fence_lizard), or possibly some form of [Alligator lizard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_lizard), possibly Southern if you’re in SB. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907/33 "2011-05-27T06:01:53Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Maybe [Western Fence Lizard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_fence_lizard), or possibly some form of [Alligator lizard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_lizard), possibly Southern if you’re in SB. Could be the Southern. I’m not sure. I’ll see if Alphonse is in a photogenic mood tomorrow morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-lizards/582907.md?page=1)