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Anyone working with this species? I have 2.1 animals and just got 8 eggs from the female. I was curious about incubation paramters. It was suggested to me that they be incubated at 80F for a couple of weeks, then put in a cool temp like 65F for a few weeks and then back to the 80's...

Thoughts?

Where are you located? Just wondering, didn't even think anymore were in the U.S.
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Justyn
Intense Herpetoculture

I'm at the Dallas Zoo. They were part of a USFW confiscation a year ago...

Wow! I'd love to see them. I suspect the only person to have a clue would be Susan James or another of the "inner circle" of www.adcham.com. It's a members-only forum, but I think you can at least contact them through email. Go to www.adcham.com, click on the members link and see if you can get to them from there. Good luck with them, and send a pic if you could.

You won't find a lot of data directly related to incubation as it really has not been done. There have been the odd success in the past with a clutch here and there hatching but little recorded data. I can give you notes from their native habitat if you would like as i have seen and photographed then in the wild. I would honestly recommend looking at the incubation of other herps found in their area as a best bet. I would guess in the 70-76F range starting on the warmer side, with a cool down period and going back up to the warmer part of that range but take a look at incubation for Oplurus agamids as a possible comparison as they live in the same area. The substrate where they live was very sandy and somewhat dry on the surface although i don't know how deep they would dig to lay their eggs at an appropriate moisture.
Chris

CCIC