Hi there:
I have a HUGE yellow* everglades intergrade that is extremely quick and heavy. Well, he is about to shed, and I can't wait for the skin. Anyway, I recently went on vacation, leaving him alone in the quite house. When I came back, I reached into his enclosure, and he lunged out at my hand from under an old board (a touch I add to simulate a barn".
He was in his "blue" stage, and climbed up, whipping so tightly around my arm that it almost interfered with circulation. He continued constantly opening his mouth, just barely striking my arm. I then grabbed him behind the head, and he began to trash frantically like a racer. I pinned him against the cage lid in two parts of the body, quickly sliding him back in, bfore he tried to make a break for it. I guess I don't blame him, not being able to see at all, But man that was really defensive behavior!
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Western green toad
green treefrogs
green Anole
brown Anole
Mediterranean gecko
Oriental fire-bellied toads
American bullfrog
South American caecilian (Dermophis occidentalis)
Spanish ribbed newt
rough-skinned newt
golden Axolotl
Eastern ribbon snakes
red-cheeked mud turtles
dwarf peacock day gecko
Dubia day gecko
Sonoran gopher snake
rough green snakes
giant African black millipedes
White's treefrog
Okeetee corn snake
Albino African clawed frog
Pygmy leaf chameleon
Kenyan sand boa
Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
African bullfrog
yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
Western hognose snake
fire salamander
