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Monitor Lizards as Pets: Dumeril Monitor Care and Natural History

[…]hot and cooler areas. In small or poorly ventilated enclosures, the entire area soon takes on the basking site temperature.   Humidity Humidity should average 70-85%, but dry areas must be available. A commercial reptile mister will be helpful if your home is especially dry.   Light While there is […]
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The Marine or Cane Toad, Bufo marinus (Rhinella marina) in Nature and Captivity – Marine Toads as Pets – Part 1

[…]being quite bold, Marine Toads require a hide-a way where they can get out of sight (Rock Den or Turtle Hut).  Be sure to provide a cave for each of your toads, as animals that cluster in one shelter seem prone to fungal infections of the skin. Marine Toads need […]
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Hibernation/Brumation in Captive Bearded Dragons and other Reptiles and Amphibians: Request for Information

[…]same species most often continue to feed throughout the winter. Green frogs, garter snakes, musk turtles and others, however, usually stay active if kept warm in winter, even if wild-caught. A recent email from a colleague brought up the subject of bearded dragons.  His animal becomes lethargic and ceases feeding […]
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Breeding the Great Crested Newt, Triturus cristatus – Part 1

[…]should be modified to provide a large water area. Resting sites such as cork bark slabs or basking platforms should be provided. Due to their unique egg-laying behavior (females fold a plant leaf around each egg), crested newts slated for breeding are best housed in well-lit aquariums stocked with live […]
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Milksnake Care – Keeping the Sinaloan Milksnake and Related Species

[…]constrictors, Milksnakes feed upon chipmunks and other rodents, shrews, moles, frogs, turtle hatchlings, lizards and a huge array of other animals.  Several appear to specialize in preying upon other snakes.  Some, such as the Eastern Kingsnake, have evolved immunities to the venoms of various pit vipers. Their startling red, black, […]
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Captive Care of the World’s Largest Snake – Keeping the Green Anaconda

[…]Heat and Humidity Anaconda enclosures should be maintained at 78-86 F, and provided with a basking site of 95 F.  A temperature gradient is important to their health, and can only be effectively established in a large enclosure. Bulbs located within cages must be protected by wire guards.  Heat pads […]
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African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis, Behavior – has anyone else observed this?

[…]others I’ve kept at that temperature have not left the water, despite being provided with a basking light as well. The second observation involves a female clawed frog that laid eggs in absence of a male. That in itself is unusual, as most frogs utilize amplexus (the male grasps the […]
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The Best Snake Pets – 5 Top Choices for Snake Keepers

[…]can be defensive, but most calm down quickly. They do well at 72-78 F, with a warmer basking site, readily accept mice and small rats, and provide a great introduction to the breeding of egg-laying snakes. Eastern Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula Another snake enthusiast’s favorite, the 7 subspecies of the Eastern […]
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Bearded Dragon Care and History in Captivity

[…]forest. Although a ground-dweller, the bearded dragon climbs well and uses rocks and stumps as basking sites and as platforms from which to launch attacks on insects moving about below. Diurnal, it basks at temperatures of 125 F for short periods and shelters in self-dug burrows during extremely hot or […]

The Monitor Lizards (Family Varanidae) – Family Overview and Species Accounts; – Some Interesting Monitors and Their Care – Part I

[…]30 – 55 gallons (“long models are best”).  They require a source of UVB light  and a basking site that reaches 90 F or so. Diet Although they are often fed pink mice and small rodents in captivity, the natural diet of this species consists largely of insects.  The bulk […]
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