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Desert Spiny Lizard
scientific name: Sceloporus magister
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | Southern USA to northern Mexico |
| Habitat: | desert, semi-desert and tropical thronbushforest, diurnal |
| Size: | up to 33 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 6 years |
| Reproduction: | lays 4-19 eggs, incubation period at 28°C about 60-70 days. |
| Temperature: | air temperature should vary between 25-31°C, local heat spots up to 45°C. Night setback to 18-20°C. |
| Humidity: | 50-70% |
| 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. Species needs a strong illumination. If necessary the use of HQI lamps or T5 fluorescent tubes is recommended. |
| Substrate: | loamy earth with rock structures or "Sorry Link missing" or grit. Also "Sorry Link missing". |
| Cage Furniture: | hiding places, stones and roots also climbing facilities and a flat water bowl. Cage substrate should always be slightly wet in one spot. |
| food: | Insects (e.g. cricktets, house crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, super mealworms, wax moths, etc.) also products from the "Sorry Link missing" or vegetables (salad, herbs). Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary. |
| Comment: | Small groups can be tended well together in roomy terrariums (e.g. 1 male with 2-4 females). |