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These guys are really cool lizards, they show as much behaviours as bearded dragons, I especially love to see them wash by rubbing there body on the walls of the water bowl, they also use there limbs to wash, I swear they are washing themselves. Then they wipe dry by dragging there body on the cork floor, belly first the both sides, it’s so funny to watch, haven’t seen any other lizards do this.
A note on the cork floor, it works excellent with these lizards, crickets can’t hide witch makes it easy for feeding, theirs no danger for accidental ingestion of ground materials, and it’s easy to clean, I simply vacuum and wipe with tissue.

Enjoy the photos

Don’t know about the other species of gonocephalus and acanthosaura yet, but in my opinion capra’s rank among the best captive lizards, it’s a matter of time before we start producing designer morphs that will get the public eye on them.

Cork! I never though of that! I have been using paper towels and man do I go through a ton of those. They mold if you don't change them every couple of days and the insects do get under them.

I agree with you on the antics. I don't know about the other babies but from what I have observed the adults of all species of acanthosaura do exhibit this same behavior when showered. They will rub against the sides of their viv, ropes, rocks, even substrate. They use both front and back limbs to kick and scrub themselves kicking much like a dog or cat. When shedding they do this to remove the lose shed. They seem to wipe their faces after a shower or swim. They will roll and snakes their bodies along on the bottom of the viv after to clean or dry their bellies. I love watching this.

I have a video I taped a couple of years ago of my females swimming one day. I was set up to tape a female laying her eggs when I noticed that the water bowl was dry so I filled it up. All of the other females ran to the bowl and began swimming and grooming themselves on the nearby branches. I taped as much footage of them as I did the female laying her clutch!

I too believe that there will be color morphs to knock off the socks of those who have called these boring little lizards. It may take a few generations but I have seen an animal here and there that has been specatular!

Patience my dearie! ; )
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Marcia - FroggieB Dragons
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Marcia you can get a roll of cork for a few dollars at Home depot and a glue gun at the dollar store. I glue the edges to keep any bugs from going under.

I use to do the back wall with cork, but now that I have many tanks I just do the floors.

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He's making nice with the froggie. I see your babies have green by their faces also. My first clutch did not have these.