HOME VIVARIUM ANIMALS PLANTS LINKS CONTACT   CHUCKWALLA -- SAUROMALUS-OBESUS     Sub Species: Sort Sauromalus contains 11 sub species Size: Up to 40 cm Lying: Up to 16 eggs Descent: Parts of Southwest California, Nevada, South Utah till parts of Baja California Description: Sauromalus- Obesus is herbivore (vegetarian), like Sauromalus- Hispidus and all other species. But my Chucks also stuff Zophobas or grasshoppers.    >> more ANGLE ISLAND DUCK -- SAUROMALUS-HISPIDUS Size: > 60 cm / weight up to 1 kg Descent: northwest Golf of California, Angel de la Guardia and at some little islands Description: I have one male, approx. 50cm tall and 4 years old, two females 44 / 62cm tall, two and four years old. Because these iguanas are only rare to get I am proud to hold three of these animals. One of the females got pregnant during this summer and I am waiting these days for laying.    >> more DESERT HORNED LIZARD -- PHRYNOSOMA PLATYRHINOS   Sub Species: Platyrhinos-calidiarum(cope1896) -- southern Desert Horned Lizard Platyrhinos-goodei(stejneger1893) -- Sonora Desert Horned Lizard Platyrhinos-platyrhinos(girad1852) -- northern Desert Horned Lizard Size: male: 65 - 90 mm female: 70 - 95 mm Lying: 2 - 16 eggs Descent: Parts of Oregon and Idaho over Nevada, Utah, California, and Arizona till the Sonora Desert Description: Their biotope can be described as a semi-desert; the ground can be firm, stony or sandy. The temperature differences among day and night, summer and winter are very big and can reach 50°. The Horned Lizard can normally be observed during their sunbathe beginning with March. Until end of May the lizards copulate and till mid June the female lay their eggs. The eggs then need approx. 6 weeks. Mid June till end of August the first youngsters hatch and end of September – beginning October the hibernation starts. And now my Platyrhinos Goodei    >> more WESTERN COLLARED LIZARD -- CROTAPHYTUS-COLLARIS-BAILEYI     Sub Species: Crotaphytus-collaris-collaris -- eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus-collaris-baileyi -- western Collared Lizard Crotaphytus-collaris-fuscus -- Chihuahua Collared Lizard Size: 28 - 33 cm Lying: up to 9 Eggs Descent: Parts of Utah, Colorado till New Mexico, Arizona Description: This species lives now approx. 2 years in the vivarium. They are only a few months active. At my place you can see them between April and September; otherwise they lie in their themselves built cavity and can live there with their relatively fat body.    >> more BIBRON'S GECKO -- PACHYDACYLUS - BIBRONII Sub Species: 39 or 9 sub species Size: > 20 cm Lying: 1 - 2 Eggs Descent: South Africa and South Namibia Description: Bibronii are active by night and live in the vivarium under quartz tiles. In summer begins their active time around 9pm. This year 5 puppies hatched, although in the vivarium temperature differences are high – I was surprised that so many puppies hatched. So it has nothing to do with the incubator temperature.    >> more WHITE SPOT GECKO -- TARANTOLA - ANNULARIS     Size: approx. 15cm Lying: 1 - 2 Eggs Descent: North Africa Description: The White Spot Geckos are treated like the Bibroniis. But Tarantulas you can also see during the day, especially if the temperature is over 40°. They are living in a cone made of heighten cliff. Regrettably I couldn’t found an egg laying. SAN ESTEBAN CHUCKWALLA -- SAUROMALUS VARIUS     Number: 1 pair Size: ca. 70cm Lying: up to 32 eggs Descent: Island San Sebastian, smaller isles in the Gulf of California Description: Der Esteban Chuckwalla ist durch seine begrenzte Verbreitung stark gefährdet und steht deswegen in der WA-Liste ANHANG 1 Er ist ein Boden bzw.auch ein Felsenbewohner durch seine Farbenpracht ( gelb, orange, weiß und schwarz gefleckt) gehört er sicher zu den imposantesten Chuckwallas überhaupt! Nahrung und Temperatur ist gleich wie bei allen anderen Chuckwalla Arten!   © 2004 — Alex Besucher seit 20. August 2004: