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Hello all,

I finally had time to snap a few mediocre photos of my collareds and leopards. I was beginning to feel left out!!!! Please ignore the low resolution of the images...

Enjoy!

Fabián

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Male Crotaphytus bicinctores

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

*This female has a very unusually-shaped posterior collar...

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

Really enjoyed seeing them all. They are all terrific looking, love those C. Bicinctores, have such an awesome look about them.

Good luck with your pair, I'msure we can expect to see some little bicinctores in the future!

Never get enough CROT pics

Oh I also enjoyed seeing that magnificent looking leopard pair, Hope they produce some youngsters for you soon.

Rest assure you NEVER have to feel left out around here, once your here YOUR ONE OF US !!! Hhahahahah
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Eve

Eve- The male bicinctores shown shares his territory with two females, they seem to do great together. One of them deposited three eggs this summer, but they were not fertile. It would definitely be awesome to get some eggs from the leopards, but I'm patient, and if it doesn't happen now, I'll just have to wait until next year...

Will- You don't own any leopards... but you've seen them in the wild, correct? That must be an amazing experience. With the opening of the new exhibit last week, hopefully my job will allow me more time for herping next year...

And the caiman? The little guy is only 20 inches in length, but he sure has a nasty bite!

I'll try to post more pictures of the collareds soon.

Thanks again,

Fabian
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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

A male from Texas...

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

My most beautiful pair of leopard lizards (Gambelia wislizenii)...

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

Paleosuchus palpebrosus...

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

nice pics, they look great! so is that collared cousin supposed to be orange or is it a sign of babies to be also?
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vonnie
***One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. - A. A. Milne***

Hi Vonnie,

Breeding coloration in females also applies to leopards. Even though she has maintained that coloration all summer, I have not actually witnessed copulation. She DID deposit five eggs several weeks ago, but they unfortunately did not do well during incubation and I was forced to dispose of them. She is beginning to "look" a bit bigger, so hopefully she'll lay another clutch of eggs.

Thanks for looking,

Fabián

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

set of chompers, and what a wonderful face,, gotta love the eyes, is this FINE fellow yours? How big is he?

Can't post such a COOL guy and not talk about him
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Eve

Nice looking lizards. Thanks for sharing. Someday I'd like to have some leopard lizards. It's just a matter of space.

Do these stay at your house or the zoo? That would be awesome to have your own to care for at a zoo.
Collaredkeeper Website

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Collaredkeeper

I need to read the rest before posting.
Fabian, You got a really cool job, I'm glad the collared forum has a zookeeper/Aquarium guy with us.
Collaredkeeper Website

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Collaredkeeper

Thank you for such welcoming remarks. And no, I wish I could keep my animals at work; especially since I spend most of my time there! Unfortunately, we only exhibit animals from Central, South America, Borneo and Africa. Otherwise, the whole place would be filled with collareds!!!

Anyway, as always, if anyone is ever in Dallas, let me know! I'll show ya the place!

Fabian

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com

Hey Fabian,

I am totally in awe of your collection.
Fine looking animals. I don't mean to cause blasphemy
in the forum, but do you notice any intelligence difference
between your Collareds and Leopards? I used to keep both Bicinctores and a fat female Gambelia together, and the Leop was always more inventive with finding ways to track down and capture her food (in my mind this translates into "intelligence". My Collareds were rather dull in comparison to her. Have you noticed anything like this, or do you suppose it was an individual thing? Thanks for any insights. Again though, awesome lizards. Have a good one,

-Phil

Phil,

I thank you for your kind remarks, but I can assure you that others in this forum maintain a much more spectacular collection of crotaphytids.

I have definitely noticed a difference in behavior between my Crotaphytus and Gambelia. The Crotaphytus, for example, seem to be much more active and explore their surroundings a lot more than my leopards. This is only based in a comparison involving ONE pair of Gambelia, so I would not generalize. On the other hand, the leopards' vision is in my opinion much more developed than that of my Crotaphytus. Again, this is not based on strong empirical evidence, but these are only my observations. Hopefully I will have a chance to study these behaviors in the wild in the future. Now THAT would be amazing...

Thanks again, Phil.

Fabián

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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com