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Great Anglehead Lizard
scientific name: Gonocephalus grandis
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra |
| Habitat: | rain forests, diurnal |
| Size: | up to 60 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 10 years ?? |
| Reproduction: | several clutches with 6 eggs per year. Incubation period at 22°C about 70-90 days. |
| Temperature: | temperature between 26-28°C, local heat spots up to 30°C. Night setback to 20-22°C. Nitrogen susceptible. |
| Humidity: | 80-95% |
| 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: | Robust furniture! Climbing facilities, planting is feasible (Ficus benjamina, F. pumila, Scindapsus etc.). Various hiding places and a large water tank with a waterfall or similar make up the basic configuration of the terrarium (possibly even an aquaterrarium). |
| food: | Insects (e.g. cricktets, house crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, super mealworms, wax moths, etc.), freshly born mice, also products from the "Sorry Link missing". Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary. |
| Comment: | No animal for beginners. Very aggressive. Tend them in roomy and well structured terrariums. Amongst each other males are very irreconcilable. |