Hint:They are not green tree monitors, hybrids or ememeral swifts.
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rhino5
Jan 20, 2007 09:56 AM
Replies (8)
lizardmania
Jan 20, 2007 10:15 AM
Hmmm, Red Headed Rock Iguana......:0)
Greg
Manny
Jan 20, 2007 04:34 PM
I guess that is what you get when you breed a C. Lewisi with a C. cychlura.
steno
Jan 20, 2007 05:10 PM
Neat! It looks like a sort of Agama sp. to me...
Cheers
Stef
ee
Jan 20, 2007 10:16 PM
Red headed Blue Agama
Mark M
Jan 21, 2007 04:48 PM
cyclura cornuta onchiopsis?
John-C
Jan 21, 2007 09:36 PM
Nice looking male. Actually Greg was right on track.
It's actually an Agama agama (Ghana W. Africa).
I produced a couple of c/b/b clutches of these in '04
which are presently at the Indy Zoo. Just a few days
ago I was able to work some of their cousins from
Tanzania (E. Africa). I have five of the cutest eastern
red head agama babies. One more female is about to lay
as well. These are also spoken for by the zoo.
Below is a pic of the five Tanzanian babies as
well as a pic of the parents.
John
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John-C
Jan 21, 2007 09:41 PM
I actually hatched out five but screwed up
and sent the pic of the four before the fifth
one had hatched ... duh!
John
rhino5
Jan 22, 2007 09:23 AM
The picture was taken in Nigeria. They are the most abundant lizard in most of the ports along the tropical West coast of Africa. There are many colorful subspecies of agama's on the East coast of Africa, but the red heads seem to be less common. When one male is chased into another's territory, the less dominant one changes colors, loosing it's red head. both lizards were brilliantly colored prior to the encounter.
