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mark68 Contributing Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: Sand lizard pair pics |
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A pair of "Russian" sand lizards Lacerta agilis exigua. The male is the green one. The pic was taken in one of my outdoor enclosures.
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mark68 Contributing Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: |
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And another pair. This time Lacerta agilis chersonensis. I breed plenty of these every year (both subspecies). Unlike quite a lot of lizards kept outdoors these remain tame and will even feed from your fingers.
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Peter Parrot Site Moderator
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Very nice to see some lacertids.
Outdoor reptillaries are a great way to keep certain species as close to nature as possible and achieve good breeding results. Do you have any images of the enclosures Mark? Tell us about the set ups if you can.
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JStroud Site Moderator
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Great to see people working with this species
Have you brought any over to the UK? _________________ Regards James Stroud |
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mark68 Contributing Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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I will post some pics soon of the enclosures.
I deliberately held back most of last years young, of most of the lizards I bred, to increase the breeding stock. For example I held back 40 Australian water dragons. But later this year I should have plenty spare. Last years sand lizards were kept outdoors all the time i.e overwintered outdoors, yet are breeding now at less than a year old. |
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Morbid CaptiveBred Addict!
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Great pictures, Mark! _________________ *** Miqe ***
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mark68 Contributing Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks ! Not half as good as some other pics i have seen here, but the animals make up for it |
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zarozinia CaptiveBred Addict!
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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These are lovely, thanks for sharing the pics. _________________ Cheers Angi
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Peter Parrot Site Moderator
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Looking forward to seeing the enclosure shots.
mark68 wrote: | Thanks ! Not half as good as some other pics i have seen here, but the animals make up for it |
Great pictures and great species. One of my favourite species. Mark, if you like agilis there`s a few very amateurish snaps of some wild Dorset sand lizards here; http://www.captivebred.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4186 _________________ YSBRYDOLI POBL, GWELLA LLEOEDD
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Bri. Key Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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Now where were you a couple of years ago Mark when I was tying to get hold of these ?!?!?!?!
You would be amazed at what you can keep in outdoor vivaria. I used to post on a forum dedicated to housing collections in this manner http://outdoorvivaria.proboards18.com/index.cgi and had a section of my garden set aside for this. I'll have to see if I can find the photos. |
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