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Hello all,
I've been keeping reptiles for many years. I'm an advanced monitor keeper, and I have snakes including green tree pythons and jungle carpet pythons. I'm also a reef keeper, and propgate many species of hard corals.
Well the monitors have been sold, I'm just burned out. Too big, and they have to be kept outdoors, so they don't add anything to the decore of the house! I have a 92 gallon corner tank sitting in my living room that was a reef until I consolidated everything into my in-wall 150. Anyway, I WAS going to make this into a fully planted poison dart frog vivarium - kind of the terrestrial version of a reef tank. However I decided that with my schedule, I need something lower maintenence. I've always been a lizard guy anyway, and I've always thought collared lizards were particularly beautiful.
So...can someone point me in the direction of sources for these animals? Also, although I'm experienced with much more difficult and demanding animals, I would appreciate ANY tips, links, whatever you folks can share about these animals. Any good desert vivarium links would be appreciated too. I plane on have a few live plants, maybe sage or something.
Do you keep then in trios? One male per enclosure?
Thanks for any help!

Cheers
Jim

of these active, friendly little lizards!

They will look so awesome in a set up the size you talking about.

Yes to one male per enclosure, but you could have 3 females with him. There are alot of things that could be used such as snake plants, aloe, chicks and hens.

here is a couple sites with nice pics as well as great info for you !
This is a forum buddies site Will Wells,

http://www.mountainboomer.com/crotaphytus/

And this is good also

http://www.collaredlizard.com/articles.htm

Hope you join the crew, we always welcome new buddies to talk lizards with,

Good luck, let us know how ya make out Jim !

Chinook female yellowhead/ C. Collaris

Suncharmers

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Eve

Thanks! Looks like the females are attractive too.
I'll check out those links you gave me. I'm looking forward to setting these guys up!

Cheers
Jim

Jim, they are so diverse in color and species. Amazing !

In my last post theres a link to my site with photos of some of the different colors and species.

They are very COOL ! Have fun setting up!
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Eve

Thanks, I can hardly wait to get started!
I'm ordering the materials for the mock rock background I'm making for the back of their inclosure tomorrow. It's a product called "Zoopoxy." I'm also ordering texture pads from another source to help with the surface texture.
I have a 70 gallon enclosure I can use in the interim if I come across hatchlings before it's completed.

Cheers
Jim

photos here
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/index.pl?cat=500&thumb=1&stype=2&si=johnStyner

Thank you!
Where did you get your animals? I can't find any breeders.

Jim

great Viv, and new hatchlings to boot
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Eve

I posted the inquiry above, but it sounds like you have what I'm looking for!

Jim

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Eve

But of course!
Here you go John -

jim.mcdavid@target.com