Way cool, Mexican beaded lizard, my new baby

[portal_reptiles]

well after some trades and aili bit of $$....








Bred my Matt Bruner, http://www.mbreptiles.com/

[justanotherfroginthepond]

You, brat!!  I SWEAR you told me "bearded" lizard, (you WERE excited, however  ) at the show, and I couldn't figure out what the HELL you were talking about!!

I was talking to a customer at work today and he actually brought THESE guys up and after he gave me the description we finally figured out what it probably was!

HE'S WAY COOL!!  Reminds me of a Gila I lived with for a while...the skin and over-all look.

This customer of mine told me they walk right up to you in the wild (well, "tourist" wild  ) and hope you have fruit?

What's it's temperament and stuff like?  Give us some info ('cause googling is just too much work)!

[portal_reptiles]

its alil nippey, matt said it should get better with age and handling...i hope, i thought i said beaded....lol, got a green tree python also...its in shed, so after...pics

[jason longboard]

dang man where do you live?I want one so very freakin bad,I want the gila but love these the same.Ive done some research and have kept bread and raised all kinds of herps all my life.I really wish we would change a few laws around here.They got the same toxin as gilas right?

[portal_reptiles]

oregon..where you from?, gilas are alil more toxic then beaded, but still hurt...these tame easyer from what iu have been told..

[EmilyK]

Too cute!! Those nails are reeeally long. Do you have a second person hold the little guy when you trim 'em or do they have to be knocked out?

[samanthajane13]

The pattern is BEAUTIFUL!!

But Lance...I hate to say this to you...your new baby has a face that only a MOTHER could love...looks like it got beaten with an "ugly stick".

I just can't get into the gilas and beaded lizards.

To each his or her own...

[portal_reptiles]

Too cute!! Those nails are reeeally long. Do you have a second person hold the little guy when you trim 'em or do they have to be knocked out?

no, i just put him in my white box...he/she is realy funny, i was told that the lil ones will bite, but he/she acts like a hognose

[justanotherfroginthepond]

i was told that the lil ones will bite, but he/she acts like a hognose

You mean the whole "hissy-hissy, OOOO...be very scared of me!  I'm huge and inflated and look horrifying!".  Then you pick 'em up and it's more like "I'm all bark...be gentle with me, please?"?

[portal_reptiles]

yeah, but i still think he might bite and i dont have an Epi-pen.....so until then im not holding him much...lol

[justanotherfroginthepond]

Do 'ya think an Epi-pen would even do the trick??  I don't know much about how the toxin works, so have no clue. 

[portal_reptiles]

yeah, it acts like a bee sting, Matt said that i "could" be possible to have a reaction to the toxic

[justanotherfroginthepond]

I've heard that once they latch on they basically DON'T LET GO!  Someone told me about a bite where even after they cut off the head it wouldn't let up...urban legend?

[portal_reptiles]

i know gilas will not let go, im guessing their the same, dont konw about the head thing...

[Lauren and Hunter]

That is too awesome. Awesome pictures, too.