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Or not. The lizard girls seem to be doing okay in spite of my lack of experience. This female has been looking like a potato pancake with a tint head for a few weeks, and now has visible lumps in her abdomen.

Half of the tank is a big sand pit with boulders and one large cave constructed of concrete garden edging. She has already dug around in places, so I hope she is comfortable enough to lay. I will post pics of her and the laying area later.

Okay, there is no doubt that she is gravid. These pics show the lumps some, but I need to catch her in another pose in which the lumps are unmistakable! Anyway, the lumps are much more visible in person.

I have the extra hovabator set between 86-90. I know that range is pretty wide, but it is an old hovabator given to me by a friend who knew that I am having the biggest first collared breeding season on record!LOL! That and the temp range is cooler for collared eggs, I think.

So, what is a good temp range for chuck eggs?

Here are a few pics. More to come, when I take a break from grading crappy student papers!

on collared lizard breeding?
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Valerie

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
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LOL! I have another clutch hatching now!

LOL, I bet it does feel that way. Thats a lot of bambinos.
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Valerie

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.--

God bless the USA

Hi rosebuds,

I think temps between 82 and 90 °F should be ok.
I'm using temps around +/- 87 °F for my chuckwalla and collared lizard eggs with good results so far.

Greets Tom

here's an older pic of one of my hatched chucks

What kind of baby is that? I can't wait! I have been really enjoying watching the collared babies hatch! I bet chucks hatching is even better!

Well, good, because I can't get that stupid contraption to adjust! It has such a wide temp range, between 85-90 now. If I had room in the other hovabator, I would just put them in there, but I'm about to have to combine clutches just to get the new collared eggs in there!

Hi,

it's an S. ater hatchling from some years ago. Locality is unknown.
The first ones from this year are looking out of their eggs right now.

Greets Tom

It was the only way that I could show yall what I am seeing! The BF is even cooperating and palpitating her belly on the right side for us! LOL! Can you see the eggs???

Your pair looks very nice and congrats on your female being gravid. This is my first year for hatching two clutches (third is still incubating) so I don't have much experience but I had my hovabator set between 84-86F.

I don't want to cook the poor things.

I'd see what the others with much more experience have to say. I'm just a newbie when it comes to the breeding and incubation process.

Hey Donna,
Congrats, she does look lumpy. Hopefully the eggs have been fertilized, and she gives you a good clutch.
We have always had better luck with nesting areas (vs. nesting boxes). I guess it just depends on what the female is comfortable with.
Austin and I usually incubate between 83-86. They take a bit longer at lower temps, but we are not in any hurry. I know some people prefer higher temps; 87-90, but we were not satisfied with our results at these temps. We, and another breeder saw a lot of tail kinks in chucks incubated at this range, though we didn't look into it further, and there may be other factors involved.
Anyway, keep us posted.
Thanks for sharing the pics.
Nick & Austin

I want healthy babies and don't care how long it takes. I have lots of collared babies to play with so I won't get anxious.

BTW, that WT male mated with my fems. Wish me luck on WT babies!