Thank you they are agilis (sand lizards). I thought that I looked that up before but.... Anyway any info or thoughts on how to keep them, temps anything would be helpfull. Thanks again, I was about to give up on them.
Anna
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lacertas
goawaynow
Sep 19, 2003 12:29 PM
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Rob_H
Sep 23, 2003 02:15 PM
Glad you found out what they are. Keep most of the cage dry, with damp areas under their hides and logs etc (so they can be damp when they want to) other wise they will develop respiratory infections very quickly. Have temps at around 90 under the basking end, and around 75-80 for the rest of the cage. They need UV lights, preferably with a UVB emmission of 5% at least. Fresh water all the time, feed about every other day with crickets and dust them with calcium and vits once a week (considering they are adults) They need lots of hiding places. You will need to separate the two green ones (males) asap otherwise they will kill each other once they are mature.
Good luck with them, they're fabulous lizards!
drbird
Oct 07, 2003 05:21 AM
The pictures shown on the series of questions is possibly one of the Russian Sand Lizard subspecies. Lacerta agilis grusinica,L.a.exigua or L.a. boemica and a few others.
The main European subspecies L.agilis agilis, L.a.bosnica & L.a.argus are quite different in colour pattern. I hope that I have attached a picture of a pair of L.agilis agilis in the wild in southern England, if this does not work just look at the same picture on the front page of http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/B_H_S_members/?yguid=129426455.
The Russian subspecies are mostly green almost like the larger Lacerta viridis
