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[…]coworker phoned me at 4 AM, frantically speaking in the rapid fire Spanish typical of her native Venezuela…and which I have great difficulty in grasping at 4 PM, much less 4 AM! Eventually I learned that 3 elderly millipede researchers had passed away recently, and that preliminary evidence indicated that […]
[…]see Part I of this article for background information. With introduced green iguanas (Iguana iguana) driving endangered burrowing owls from their nests and raccoons (Procyon lotor) devouring sea turtle eggs, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection initiated control measures. At a preserve in Dania Beach, an intensive trapping and collection […]
Released and escaped green iguanas (Iguana iguana) have now established huge populations in southern Florida. Although I must admit to a certain degree of fascination with introduced species, there can be no doubt that the massive lizards have caused a great many problems in their adopted environment. An Impressive but […]
[…]with bars spaced ½ inch and 1 inch apart. Certain reptiles, such as adult green and rhinoceros iguanas, spur-thighed (“Sulcata”) and other large tortoises, tegus, and larger monitors are almost impossible to keep properly indoors. Others fare far better when given outdoor access for at least part of the year…success […]
[…]of the year, the balance of the diet can be comprised of a high quality commercial tortoise or iguana chow. Herbivorous Lizards Green, rhinoceros and desert iguanas, Uromastyx spp., chuckwallas and other herbivorous lizards become very excited as soon as novel fresh foods are offered. It is difficult to get across […]
[…]years ago, stomach analysis of several thousand toads collected in the central llanos country of Venezuela revealed not a single vertebrate prey item…this despite the fact that small rodents, lizards and turtles abound there. The Problem for Pet Owners The appetites of a number of commonly kept reptiles and amphibians […]
[…] The most commonly available subspecies, E. c. cenchria, is found from southern Venezuela, Guyana and Surinam south through Brazil’s Amazon Basin. The various subspecies occupy much of Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Argentina. Habitat Rainbow boas may be found in wet and dry forest, scrubland, savannahs, […]
[…]my experiences with wild green iguanas in another article on this blog. Please see The Green Iguana on the Venezuelan Llanos. An interesting article on iguana farming and conservation efforts in Belize is posted at […]
[…]northern Florida, west to Kansas and New Mexico and south through Mexico to northern Columbia and Venezuela. A Slider among Sea Turtles The most “exotic” slider subspecies that I have handled are the Nicaraguan slider, Trachemys s. emolli, which was shown to me by a friend in Costa Rica, and […]
[…]California, Nevada, northern California, Japan (including in temple ponds in historic Kyoto!), Venezuela, St. Lucia and St. Croix. Such sightings, of course, are not noteworthy, considering that this plucky survivor is well established in 25 or more countries on all continents except Antarctica (actually, when referring to animals with large […]
[…]at 215 pounds – no Titanoboa, but then again not an easy animal to wrest from the muck of a Venezuelan swamp either. For the full story and some photos of myself and others with that snake, please see my article Hunting Anacondas in the Venezuelan […]
[…]days. My Observations of Wild Black and White Tegus My observations of black and white tegus in Venezuela leads me to believe that, at least in llanos habitat, these lizards consume far more large insects, turtle eggs and frogs than rodents. Mammals are taken when available, mainly as carrion or […]
[…]and he preferred a battle on land to another swim! I’ve included a photo of typical iguana habitat in Venezuela’s central llanos country, to perhaps show you why I was so surprised to find the lizards there (the creatures in the foreground are capybaras, world’s largest rodent). Also included is […]
[…]markings that characterize hatchlings. Limited to the Rio Negro and Rio Casiquiare drainages in Venezuela and Brazil, it is a secretive species that mainly keeps to blackwater areas. This turtle’s wild status has not been well-studied, but it is assumed threatened by past over-collection and habitat loss. Those I have […]
[…]northern and central South America, including the Caribbean drainages of Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela and Columbia. It also occurs in the upper tributaries of the Amazon River in Columbia, southern Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, northern Bolivia and Brazil. There are unconfirmed reports of small populations in Trinidad and Tobago. […]
While working with Green Anacondas in the central Venezuela llanos (please see my article Hunting Anacondas in the Venezuelan Llanos) in the late 1990’s, I was delighted to find that Black Tegus, one of my favorite lizards, were quite common in the area. Sometimes referred to as “New World monitor […]
[…]and early 70’s being rarely seen in the trade today. I examined a great many in working in Venezuela, and most were in the 4-6 inch range (this comports with locally published accounts). Florida’s introduced animals are relatively small in size (but large as toads go), as are those in […]
[…]waxworms and wild-caught insects such as moths. Suntiger Tarantula, Psalmopoeus irminia Venezuela’s suntiger is quite large for an arboreal tarantula, and strikingly marked in black and red. These qualities, and its relative hardiness, have added to its popularity in recent years – in fact, this species has even been […]
[…]was with great anticipation that, after some years as a reptile keeper for the zoo, I set off for Venezuela to assist in field studies of the green anaconda, arguably the world’s largest snake. Accounts of what I observed and learned during three visits to that country’s central llanos […]
[…]but I was none-the-less always impressed by the rapidity at which most learned. Rhinoceros iguanas, Cyclura cornuta, and water monitors, Varanus salvator, were particularly striking in this regard. Animals in the collection for over 15 years, long in the habit of approaching or ignoring a single keeper in their exhibit […]
[…]working with large snakes in zoos, was stunned when a 17 foot long anaconda I helped to capture in Venezuela disgorged a deer weighing 60 pounds (this at 3AM, below the hammock upon which I was trying to sleep)! I also observed anacondas swallowing a large side-necked turtle, Podocnemis unifilis, […]
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