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Lialis legless lizards

aquick Nov 02, 2007 09:49 PM

I was considering getting a pair of Lialis burtoni (New Guinea legless lizard I think is the common name) and was wondering whether anyone had any experience with them; as 99% of the info on them I can dig up is natural history type stuff (that yes, is helpful, but some specific husbandry info would be nice too). Any input here would be nice, particularly in relation to the following questions:
1.) How large should the enclosure be, and should I include matter to climb on?
2.) I know they are lizard specialists, but can they be converted to rodents like many of the lizard-eating snakes?
3.) Has anyone bred them in captivity?

Any insight would be great, although I relish the idea of "experimental" husbandry on an unusual specie

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Enkidu Nov 06, 2007 07:55 PM

I have heard that these guys can be converted to other foods but theya are much more difficult to convert to other foods than almost any other lizard eating animals. I provide a few sticks for climbing but these guys are similar in their level of clumsiness to sheltopusiks. The main thing with these guys is to give them a good burrowing substrate such as cocofiber or my substrate of choice leaf litter. Finally, I do not know of anyone breeding them, but I'm sure it could be done.

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