Hello! Gopher snakes and bull snakes are the common name given to the same species so yes they can be used interchangeably for the most part. I’ve found that people more in the Midwest tend to call them bull-snakes more often. There are, however, many different subspecies depending on the location which are more often given the common name bullsnake such as Pituophis catenifer sayi. That is an interesting story thanks for sharing! Thank you for watching!

Thank you!

That’s awesome! They are amazing little lizards. Let me know if you have any questions and thank you for watching!

That’s awesome I’m glad to hear others are finding them. Thank you for watching!

It can be difficult since many lizard eggs look the same. I would try to do some research on the native lizard species in your area to see what is most likely and prominent in your backyard. I like to use the app inaturalist. If you’ve noticed there are many alligator lizards in your yard, it most likely was from one of them.

Hello! It sounds like you’re on the right track! At this point you cannot really tell if they’re alive unless they’re at a late stage in development which really depends on when they were laid. Candling them with a light may make things more visible. I recommend leaving them in the position you found them, if you don’t know how they were positioned I would just leave them on their side and not upside down. One very important aspect is making sure where they are placed does not attract too much bacterial and mold growth. New Zealand sphagnum moss is usually good with this or other medias like perlite. I would just try not to keep it too damp. Thank you for watching!

That’s awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!

Hi! You can have multiple in the same tank and they will not harm each other, however, if you do not have a lot of algae and they finish eating all of it, they will likely start competing for a food source unless more is supplemented. Thanks for watching!

Wow yea these guys are very sensitive to urban development especially homes and agricultural land use. A lot of it goes down due to their very specific diet of harvester ants which really don’t do well in urban environments and get outcompeted by the invasive argentine ants. That’s an amazing story I would love to see these guys in my backyard. Thank you so much for sharing!

Oh that’s interesting I agree many clean up crew members tend to be very hardy especially hermits lol. I usually drip acclimate just as a precaution as I have had some inverts go into shock from drastic changes in salinity. Thank you for watching!

Yup they’re designed for the sand

They can be very secretive! I’ve come across only one on the coast. But they are awesome!

Hey! Could the nitrates and phosphates be the cause of the algae? I’d try to carefully remove any algae from the surface of the gorgonian. Is it placed in a higher light area? I’d say for feeding, live phyto and live copepods are great. Adult brine shrimp might be too large for the polyps to consume but the larvae are perfect. I personally haven’t used reef roids but it may add some extra nutritional value to the live foods. Also what is the flow like? These could be factors that effect survivability.

Hey! It’s called Caulerpa peltata. Very pretty in reef tanks

thanks! I'll definetely get me some of that xD

I personally don’t alter the temperature of their enclosure, but during the winter the room temperature naturally does drop slightly and then later begins to warm up more in the spring. If you live in an area where these guys are not native, you may have to manually brumate them.

@@Joels_Animals I live where they live but my room always stays at around 80 during the day and 72 at night

I personally collected the sand from the desert and sterilized it with heat

That’s good to know! I agree they are very fun lizards. Thank you for watching!

Thank you I appreciate that! The video I showed was actually from a stomatella snail! But I have gotten quite a few inverts to spawn. The key is mimicking their natural environments and they pretty much just do their own thing 😁 once again thank you!

These were wild-caught

Yup!

They do have very similar morphology! Side blotched lizards tend to not be as spiked with smaller scales.

Oh wow yea they are very slender with smooth scales I’d imagine they could escape pretty easily. Thanks for watching!

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That’s really good to know thanks for sharing!

Yea I usually keep at least 1 peppermint at all times but they don’t do much