Saw a couple wild Five-Line Skinks this morning. Both had evidence of tail injuries.

The kobold outrider surveys his tribe's lands from the back of his mighty battle mount...

Cute! (Just be careful because bearded dragons WILL prey on smaller critters, including other lizards!)

Oh I'm fully aware of that, the Beardie has cheerfully munched adult mice. I also heavily fed the dragon a good dozen jumbo meal worms first to take away the hunger edge.

Excellent! I'm happy to see another aware herp keeper <3

i've been raising, breeding , and educating folks about herps since I was a kid, and that was decades ago.

Back in the mid-80s, I discovered that African Chameleons thrived in a old Parakeet cage better than the terrarium caged chameleons. and even made tanks with glass front and back, but with fine screen sides to allow air flow. Now everybody uses the wire mesh cages for the species.

I was able to successfully breed Collared Lizards that the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum couldn't do themselves, and proved the collared lizard diet was omnivorous, when they ate ripened prickly pear fruit (Lizard crack as I called it) And discovered my female Collared I have now, cheerfully noshed upon dandelion leaves and flowers upon arriving in Wisconsin that theres no dandelions where they habit in the wild. So how would they know?

I was able to prove large leopard geckos will live with Tokay geckos, since Tokays are glass clingers and high up lizards where Leopards are ground dwellers. Outside an occasional Tokay bark of protest if a leopard walks over a Tokay while drinking or feeding.

And proved Chinese Water Dragons were omnivore as well, when my dragons would cheerfully attack and eat strawberries and tomatoes, broccoli florettes when I was feeding my shellbacks in addition to nightcrawlers (Protein spaghetti) mice and even cooked turkey in addition to insects.

Plus 3 of my lizards are featured in the Audubon Book on North American Reptiles, The Male and Female Collared lizards and Clarks Spiny Lizard.

Pet shops hate me, cause when I see some noobs wanting a fancy lizard like a chameleon I always ask "How many years have you owned a reptile or lizard and how long have they lived?" If they say they are beginners or "We want one cause it looks cool" types, I quickly deflect them away and tell them to start with a common anole, if they can keep that alive at least 2 years, they are doing good.

Sadly most never can past a few weeks at most.

My big Black Throat monitor likes bananas! It is the only monitor I have ever had that will eat fruit.

As for the Collared lizard eating dandelions, I vaguely remember some yellow desert wildflowers that grow in the habitat of at least some California Collared Lizard. Perhaps they eat those as well.

I remember when you lived in Tucson and all the various lizards you had. I also remember when you brought one of your chameleons over and freaked out my parents a bit.

Right up until he came in very handy getting several crickets out of the storage room off the porch. :)

88 and humid, yeah my iguana would be all "Yeeeeah!" while I would be not wanting to move.

Ha, cute lizard stack, beautiful colors!