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jon_g · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:14 am Post subject: New project

We recently received a group of these, rarely bred but we have high hopes for the group we have.

at least they are easy to sex as adults !!

These are awesome lizards.
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Stuart · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:50 am Post subject:

All the best with them Jon..what is the reasons for them being rarely bred,are they difficult or just not that popular?
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Scott W · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:56 am Post subject:

Gorgeous lizards Jon best of luck with them. Do you think they will be ok with the high humidity though?

Stuart, they are rarely bred because there's not many in the right hands. They were plentiful many years back so like most things no-one bred them, then the export stopped and they slowly disappeared Sad

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Stuart · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:08 am Post subject:

Cheers Scott..was going to say remember seeing these quite often many years back..
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jon_g · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:08 am Post subject:

The sungazers are a poorly understood lizard, and with very few captive breedings many of which are put down to one off luck, or animals coming in gravid.

I hope the setup here will keep the humidity at a good enough level for them to thrive,

As scott said their numbers are dwindling in captivity and few people worked to breed them as they were so cheap to import (not cheap anymore or available....)

They are a great lizard, very small as adults, very tame and very active during the day.

Thanks for the comments, I'm quite excited about this project !!
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Stuart · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

Thanks Jon,keep us posted on how they do.
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lol93 · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

Great work Jon-they are beautiful! Good luck with them.
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James · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 933

they look like fun little critters. ive only ever seen pics in books of these so its nice to see some more around. good luck with them.

jon_g · Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:23 am Post subject:

Thanks, its certainly not a short term project!!

There great fun to watch.
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Central Scotland Reptiles · Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject:

I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous. Anyone who knows me, knows this is my ULTIMATE lizard!!! More pictures please.
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