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RioBravoReptiles
at Tue Jan 26 07:10:27 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RioBravoReptiles ]
>>where do you find those, what type of habitat? I want to go back down south in a year or three and try for them again. I really, really like 'em and wouldn't mind bringing 2-3 of them home with me.
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In this area there are few places they can live. They need burrows or crevices. Some of the old drainage canals that were lined with concrete and so-on still host the Ctenosaura. The best place to view these is at the Zoo. They were also commonly found in the public park nearby and on the school campus that's across the street from the Zoo. Recent 'improvements' mostly eradicated them there. The Port of Brownsville (south side) also seems to have a stable population but getting in there is next to impossible (Homeland Security).
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One hint, they are bright green when small.
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Unlike populations of these further south (they're everywhere) these lizards don't get a break from anybody and so don't 'get used to' people. People here are intolerant of wildlife in general and especially of reptiles. A large, diurnal lizard has little chance out and about. If one is spotted and not shot on the spot animal control and or the fire department is called.. the critter is noosed or hosed down out of the tree or whatever and taken away. Just killed I suppose. Very sad.
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RE: Early Diamondback.. - RioBravoReptiles, Tue Jan 26 07:10:27 2010