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Collared Lizard
scientific name: Crotaphytus collaris
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | Utah, Colorado to southwestern Illinois, Arkansas to Arizona, Texas and northern Mexico |
| Habitat: | hardwood forests, dry and rocky areas, diurnal |
| Size: | up to 35 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 6 years |
| Reproduction: | lays up to 10 eggs. Several clutches per year are possible. Incubation period of 45-60 days at 28-32°C. More females will hatch at higher temperatures. |
| Temperature: | Air temperature at 30-38°C, local heat spots up to 45-50°C. Night setback to room temperature. |
| Humidity: | 30-50% |
| 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. 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. |
| Terrarium Size (for long term care): | 120x50x60 cm or larger recommended |
| 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. Attention! Eats other lizards. |
| Comment: | Sozialisation with chuckwallas, larger spiny lizards, desert iguanas and leopard lizards possible. Pay attention to the size of the animals as collared lizards eat other lizards. |