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An Accomplished Lizard Vocalist – the Tokay Gecko, Gekko gecko

[…]Morning Singers I once released a group of Tokay geckoes into a large zoo exhibit as a roach control measure (well, to be honest, mainly because I liked to watch them go about their business at night – few lizards can keep up with roach reproduction!).  In those days I […]
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Zoo Med’s Canned Freshwater Shrimp – an important new food reptile, amphibian, fish and invertebrate pets

[…]clawed), newts (eastern, marbled, ribbed), aquatic salamanders (sirens, axolotls) and turtles (spotted, painted, snapping, musk, mud). Tropical fish of all kinds also relish these shrimp, as do US natives such as Banded Sunfish and Tadpole Madtoms.  I have also fed them to other freshwater invertebrates, such as Bamboo Shrimp, African […]
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North America’s Colorful, Venomous Lizard – The Gila Monster, Heloderma suspectum

[…]bead-like in appearance.  The body is marked in widely varying patterns of pink, black yellow and orange blotches.   The blunt tail serves as a food-storage vessel – during lean times it may lose 20% or more of its mass.  Adult size ranges from 9 to 24 inches. Range Two subspecies, […]
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The Natural History and Captive Care of the Frilled Dragon or Frillneck Lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii – Part I, Frilled Dragons in the Wild

[…]fascinating animals in captivity. Physical Description The body color ranges from grayish through orange-brown to nearly black, often with dark variegations along the sides, and usually matches the color of local tree trunks.  The inner surface of the frill (the large skin fold about the neck) is shaded in yellow, […]
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Tarantulas in Captivity, Part II

[…]are usually rejected by arboreal and desert-dwelling spiders).  They will also take crickets, roaches, wild-caught insects and dead pink mice.   Mexican or Arizona Blond Tarantula, Aphonopelma chalcodes This is one of the few North American tarantulas to have become popular in the pet trade, and with good reason – […]

Tarantulas in Captivity – An Overview of Popular Species, Part I

[…]an adult mouse, but such is not recommended as food (dead mice are accepted). They fare well on roaches, earthworms, crickets and wild-caught insects such as grasshoppers and katydids. Mexican Red Knee Tarantula, Brachypelma smithi Quite different from the goliath in color, temperament and captive needs, the red knee is […]
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The Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, – Care in Captivity – Part 1

[…]Snails usually reproduce readily in captivity, and small specimens will be eagerly devoured by spotted salamanders.   A single adult spotted salamander requires an enclosure of approximately the size of a 10 gallon aquarium.   Spotted salamanders may also be kept in ventilated sweater boxes on sheet moss or paper […]
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The Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum – Part II, Natural History

[…]breeding ponds by late July or August, after which the ponds usually dry up. Miscellaneous Adult spotted salamanders have lungs but rely largely upon cutaneous respiration (the absorption of oxygen through the skin). The skin must remain moist if this form of respiration is to be effective – they are […]
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The Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum – Part I, Natural History

[…]populations breed where fishes are present, but only if dense aquatic plant cover is available. Spotted salamanders are members of the family Ambystomatidae – the mole salamanders. True to this name, the terrestrial adults spend most of their lives below logs or underground in self-excavated burrows or in those dug […]
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Canned Insects and other Invertebrates – An Important New Food for Pet Reptiles and Amphibians

[…]Animals that normally consume non-living foods, such as box, musk, snapping, painted and spotted turtles, sharp-ribbed and fire-bellied newts and African clawed frogs, eagerly took most foods offered. I was also able to tong-feed the insects to several species of “live food only” amphibians, including horned frogs, green frogs, leopard […]
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The Natural History and Taxonomy of the Blue Poison Frog, Dendrobates azureus (tinctorius)

[…]cannot convey the over-all effect of the startling mix of colors. The body and head are sky-blue spotted with black, while the arms and legs are a brilliant dark blue. Males have wider front foot toe pads than do females, and are a bit thinner in build. Otherwise, the sexes […]
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The Natural History and Captive Care of the Black (Eastern) Ratsnake, Elaphe (obsoleta) alleghaniensis

[…]Keys vary greatly in appearance from northern specimens, being various shades of yellow and orange in color. Formerly classified as distinct subspecies, known as the Everglades’s ratsnake and yellow ratsnake (both popular in the pet trade), they are now considered to be local color variations of the black ratsnake. Range […]
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Algae and Salamander Eggs – an odd partnership

[…]NY in mid-March). Amazingly, a species of green algae, Oophila amblystomatis, colonizes the spotted salamander’s globular egg masses. The algae most likely utilizes carbon dioxide and ammonia produced by the developing salamander embryos, and may in turn provide the embryos with oxygen (although the amount released is quite low). There […]
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The Black Ratsnake – Notes and Recent Classification Changes

[…]Keys vary greatly in appearance from northern populations, being various shades of yellow and orange in color instead of black. Formerly classified as distinct subspecies, known as Everglades ratsnakes and yellow ratsnakes – both also quite popular in the pet trade – they are now considered to be merely local […]
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An Introduction to Geckos

[…]regarded as good luck symbols. Some years back, a store in NYC even rented tokay geckos for use as roach-control agents. However, the males’ habit of calling loudly (“Tokay-Tokay!”) at 4 AM and their pugnacious dispositions rendered the scheme less-than-profitable! The ability of many geckos to climb sheer walls (even […]
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