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04-08-04, 09:23 AM
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Caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
Anyone with more info about these guys? Are there people breeding these in captivity?
It's a Caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis) from South America.
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04-08-04, 09:55 AM
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I am sure Steeve Blain has a dozen or so breeding.  But I doubt he would sell any.
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04-08-04, 10:09 AM
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Location: Fredericton, N.B.
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Wow, beautiful animals, does anybody out there know the market value of them ?? Steeve B ?
Devon
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04-08-04, 11:01 AM
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I'm also curious to find out what their market value is.
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04-08-04, 01:46 PM
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Rgds
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Last edited by Steeve B; 04-08-04 at 03:28 PM..
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04-08-04, 01:55 PM
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Heres some info i got from the web:
Range: Much of Amazonian South America; rare or absent from Guiana and northeastern regions.
Diagnosis: This is a stout-bodied lizard with a huge orange-brown head covered in large shields, and a green body with caiman-like scalation.
Description: Large lizards that typically reach 1.3 meters/4 feet in total length. The head is massive, blunt and rounded anteriorly, with a tiny pair of antero-dorsal nostrils. The supralabial scales are huge, some at least half the height of the snout. The eye is large, lateral, and equipped with moveable eyelids. The ear is exposed. Cranial scales are smooth and arranged symmetrically.
Natural History: Though rarely seen except as pictures in books, caiman lizards are well-known for their immensely powerful jaws, used in crushing snails, clams, and crawfish that make up much of their prey. The name "caiman" refers to the South American alligator relatives, which these lizards so closely resemble.
Reproduction: Egg layers.
Taxonomy & Relationships: There are two known species in this genus, the other being Dracaena paraguayensis (Vanzolini and Valencia, 1965).
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04-08-04, 02:09 PM
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Hey now that I think of it, my local pet store allows me too look over there "possible order list" and I believe they had something called a caiman lizard on there, I had never heard of it before and assumed it was similar too the "alligator lizard" and didn’t think of it again until now. I'll have too call them and ask the Latin name of it. That was about a week ago maybe it’ll still be on there.
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04-08-04, 02:16 PM
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Steve B,
Do the c/b ones still feed only on snails ??
Devon
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04-08-04, 02:21 PM
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rgds
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Last edited by Steeve B; 04-08-04 at 03:29 PM..
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04-08-04, 02:26 PM
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Ouch, lost both females?? Have you thought of acquiring a new female too attempt breeding them again?
Devon
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04-08-04, 02:29 PM
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rgds
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Herpetoculture isn’t an exact science!!
Last edited by Steeve B; 04-08-04 at 03:29 PM..
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04-08-04, 11:30 PM
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wow that is a beautiful lizard!
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