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Oriental Garden Lizard
scientific name: Calotes versicolor
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | From Southwest-Asia to Sri Lanka to South-China and Sumatra. |
| Habitat: | open plains, forests, not bound to a specific biotope, civilization follower, diurnal |
| Size: | up to 40 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 10 years ?? |
| Reproduction: | 10-25 eggs, incubation period at 30°C about 40-50 days. |
| Temperature: | ground temperature between 26-30°C, local heat spots up to 35 °C, by use of a heat mat ("Sorry Link missing"). Night setback to about 20-23°C. |
| Humidity: | 70-95% |
| Lighting: | Daylight fluorescent tubes, if necessary UV tubes (see "Sorry Link missing"). For sufficient UV radiation we recommend "Sorry Link missing" or "Sorry Link missing". "Sorry Link missing" for the creation of local heat spots. |
| Substrate: | loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). |
| Cage Furniture: | climbing facilities, a nature- or a structural-background is recommended. Planting is required (Ficus benjamina, F. pumila, Scindapsus, etc.). Various hiding places and a water tank make up the basic configuration of the terrarium. |
| food: | Insects (e.g. cricktets, house crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, super mealworms, wax moths, etc.) also products from the "Sorry Link missing". Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary. |