Wayne's reptile room

[ConcinusMan]

Imagine when they are 4 feet long and weigh as much as a dog....

Deeno! here boy, here boy... yabba dabba doo!

[infernalis]

Since everyone seems interested in the lizards...

















And my prize posession...

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice Wayne.

[EasternGirl]

Awesome...I really like that second pic! Thanks for sharing.

[infernalis]

The intelligence and capacity for learning with these animals is just amazing, borderline primate level intelligence. It had already been proven they can count.

I have been speaking with Dr. Gordon M. Burghardt at the University of Tennessee, and I find it interesting that the two animals he studies the most are African Monitor Lizards and Thamnophis, His specialty is Bio-Psychology and his primary studies are learning and problem solving.

[Natrix]

Has anyone kept Zebra Tailed lizards,zebratail1.jpgAdult Male wztl.jpg Callisaurus draconoides? If so does anyone have any caresheets on them?

[infernalis]

Easy, keep hot, use sand, offer UVB, feed it bugs.

as with any lizard, the more space you offer it, the better.

Unlike snakes, Lizards like to run and play, so the more space you can provide, the better.

That species lives in the Nevada deserts, so hot and sandy would be the most likely best choice for a happy animal.

[Natrix]

I have a 4 foot 20" x 20" aquarium which is currently housing fish but I am thinking of replacing one of the light tubes with a UV tube and a statted heat mat at one end.

[infernalis]

I would put a heat matt at one end, and a basking lamp at the other.

Desert lizards like hot sunlight.

[Natrix]

Ok! If I decide to do it that's the way Ill go. As a rule I dislike using aquariums for snakes and lizards but I may make an acception here. The tank is to good to get rid of and would cost a fortune to replace. It will do as a stop gap until I can get something else sorted.