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Eastern Casquehead Iguana
scientific name: Laemanctus longipes
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | Southern Mexico, Nicaragua |
| Habitat: | lowland rainforest, diurnal |
| Size: | approx. 60-70 cm (374 tail) |
| Life Expectancy: | over 10 years |
| Reproduction: | lays generally 3-5 eggs. Incubation period at 28°C approx. 70 days. |
| Temperature: | temperature between 26-33°C, local heat spots 35-38°C. Night setback to 20-25°C. |
| Humidity: | 70-80%, at night up to 100% |
| 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 required (Ficus benjamina, F. pumila Scindapsus etc.). Various hiding places and a large water tank 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. |
| Comment: | sozialisation with forest chameleons and larger frogs is possible. Beware though: smaller lizards and frogs may be eaten! |