longirostris
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Hi everyone, I am planning a breeding program for a couple of hard to get species of Dragon lizards and was interested to hear from members of the forum how much interest people would have in acquiring some of the offspring if I can actually get these species breeding consistently.
Both species are tropical species from the top end of Australia and require appropriate husbandry management for optimum maintenance. With the right care they respond really well to a captive environment, are particularly interesting display animals and will usually live somewhere between 5-8 years. I have kept both species over a long period in my collection but I have never bred D.magna. This is largely because I have never been able to really establish a good sized breeding colony. I am expecting to be able to finally establish a good sized colony of both species in the near future. I am quite excited by the prospect of conducting a breeding program for D.magna particularly and would like to hear from interested people who want to see these species become more readily available to private keepers.
Responses and discussion in the forum would be fantastic, please don't pm me as there is no availability of any animals at this stage. Just looking for peoples thoughts on the future of these species in private collections and who would be interested in keeping them if available.
Mark Hawker
Both species are tropical species from the top end of Australia and require appropriate husbandry management for optimum maintenance. With the right care they respond really well to a captive environment, are particularly interesting display animals and will usually live somewhere between 5-8 years. I have kept both species over a long period in my collection but I have never bred D.magna. This is largely because I have never been able to really establish a good sized breeding colony. I am expecting to be able to finally establish a good sized colony of both species in the near future. I am quite excited by the prospect of conducting a breeding program for D.magna particularly and would like to hear from interested people who want to see these species become more readily available to private keepers.
Responses and discussion in the forum would be fantastic, please don't pm me as there is no availability of any animals at this stage. Just looking for peoples thoughts on the future of these species in private collections and who would be interested in keeping them if available.
Mark Hawker