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RE: Drab colors

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Posted by: negatronix at Mon Jan 7 17:33:09 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by negatronix ]  
   

Yeah, he is in his regular cage, and he is plenty warm. He did brighten up a bit when I took him out a few weeks ago... before Christmas. We had a few days that were in the low 80's.

I may need to replace the UV bulbs in his cage. They might be getting weak.

That is a really nice pic. My chucks look much different. They are much darker in the mid section.. black, and have lots of cream, gray, and blood red speckles. Some of the adults I have seen also have kept much of the black banding on the tail. The area I frequent also seems to have extremely large chucks that have higher orange mid sections, completely lack any red, and the rear legs usually are not very "black". All of the females that I have encountered are completely speckled, including most of the tail.

I once spent nearly four hours trying to pull one of these guys out of the rocks. The base of his tail was massive.. an easy 1 1/2 diameter. The lizard was easily pushing 2ft long. I spent many trips over a few years trying to catch that guy. In fact my last trip out... April/May... that was who I was looking for!!

Anyway, a bit off topic there... Nice pic!

-Kory


   

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  • Drab colors - negatronix, Mon Jan 7 13:22:14 2008
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