I am finally talking about something other than yellow iguana's. Here are pictures of two of my male melanosterna's at 18 months of age. The one with the dark dewlap is one of yours Mark and the other is from Europe. I believe Diana S. I too was fortunate enough to hatch out 28 babies so far with another clutch of 15 to hatch any day now. I agree with the rest of you that the babies are very flighty. I also think if you are trying to raise a group of them up they are very nasty towards eachother but I have found that with a little gentle and consistent handling all of mine have calmed down nicely. I believe having them in big walk in enclosures has actually helped. So I think they have pet potential. Its just about how much time you have to invest in the animal. I have noticed a couple of the babies that I have are much calmer then the rest of the group so perhaps with selective breeding just like any other domestic animal desireable traits can improve over time in this case a calmer personality.

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