"Alligator lizards," Ianto repeats, glancing aside at the other man with the quirk of an eyebrow. "I'm going to assume that they resemble the larger creatures in some way? I mean. Alligators aren't native to California." Are they? Ianto's fairly certain that they're not, at any rate.

He falls silent as they walk for a few moments longer before he glances aside at the other man again, raising an eyebrow at him once he's caught John's attention before continuing, "So. Do we know exactly how potent this venom of theirs is? Or how it's transmitted for that matter? Exactly how worried about these things spitting poison into my eyes should things go awry?"