Hey I hope this will be one of those exceptional experience for you!

I notice that my acanthosaura’s take about 30-40 days from copulation to nesting, therefore if you got her in may, she wasn’t gravid for sure.

To be of any help I must talk about husbandry, a choice of good temperatures NTL 75f DTH 85f with a basking of about 90 to 100f is what allows your lizards metabolism to function, of course with such temps you must be attentive to hydration.

The above sets the rules of feeding witch in turn allows your lizard to progress, cycle! Develop eggs!
Good husbandry allows all this to happen fast, bad husbandry can drag this process for months, or worst will not allow it to happen.

Once your female is gravid you should focus on nesting options, your female should be able to nest anywhere in the above temperature range, this is easily achieved by lowering a reflector with a 25w bulb 6in from the ground. Sphagnum moss in my favourite material, but oak leafs works excellent, what matter in volume moisture and heat.

I incubate my eggs at DTH 86f and NTL 75f, without this night drop the eggs fail.
Keep them well hydrated, these can tolerate floods so don’t worry about the high end, worry about the low end on hydration.

Best of luck.


Ps. My Vietnamese friend and anthropologist is actually in the jungle sins Monday, he’s collecting temperature data-food sample and observing acanthosaura day and night activities. I also asked him to note nesting options.
This should prove to be most interesting for all of us dragon keepers.

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