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Striped Brown Basilisk
scientific name: Basiliscus vittatus
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | Central America, also some brought in populations in Florida |
| Habitat: | tropical and subtropical rain- and dryforests |
| Size: | up to 75 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 10 years |
| Reproduction: | lays up to 18 eggs, incubation period at 30°C about 50-70 days. |
| Temperature: | air temperature between 26-28°C, local heat spots up to 40°C, night setback to 20-23°C. |
| Humidity: | 70-90% at day, 90-100% at night |
| 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 background is recommended. Planting is possible (Ficus benjamina, F. pumila Scindapsus etc.). Various hiding places and a large water container with waterfall or the like (possibly aquaterrarium) 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. |