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hI the pet shop here got 4 collared swifts in friday and I am interested in possibly purchasing them all.I just need all the info I can get.Ive looked everywhere and cannot find any info.is their another common name for this lizard or what.right now they are all crammed in a ten gallon.their is a 3-4 inch one,2 4-5 inch ones,and 1 5-6 inch long one.please help me out here.
nick

Hi there,

I haven't been able to find much info on the net either, for a similar species. I did find a book on swifts and spiny lizards, by Bartlett & Barlett. That's the only help I can offer as I've never worked with Collards.

Good luck.
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1.1 Chameleo Calyptratus
1.1 Tangerine Leopard Geckos
1.1 Blue Spiny Lizards
1.1 Uroplatus Phantasticus
0.0.1 Yellow-Throated-Plated-Lizard
0.1 Moroccan Uromastyx
0.1 Bearded Dragon

Collared swifts are one of the larger species. Care is the same for any of the s.west US Sceloporous species, 90-100 degree basking spot, 70-75 degree cool end of the enclosure. Be sure to provide a good source of UVB, some of the newer mercury vapor bulbs seem to be working great for the herp community, so I would go with one of those. Be sure to have only one male per enclosure, these guys will fight til the other male dies. I have found collareds to be not an exception wonderful Spiny lizards. They make easy to care for and fascinating animals for the novice and old timer alike.
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currently keeping:
3.5 ATB
1.0 K.SB
1.3 F.pardalis(Sambava)
1.3 C.j.xanthalophus
1.1 T(A).horsfieldi

np