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The
collared lizard was, untill a couple of years ago, not listed as a
favourite reptile in Holland. This was mainly because the literature was
negative about them. They were suppose to be shy, agressive, not easily
domesticated or difficult to breed. I can tell that, that is absolutely
not the case. Currently this lizard is getting more and more popular and
they are
bred in ever increasing numbers. Ofcourse they have their characters but that is also the fun. They are real rascals and are busy all day. They can sit on your shoulder one minute and couldn’t care less the next. Most of the time they will look ate you with their head tilted. Who’s looking at who, you could say. They love attention and are even enjoy a little scratching under their chin. If you let tehm get used to running around the room, they will love that too ( they don’t like a slippery floor). Beware ! They aren’t green Iguana’s!! This means you can’t leash them, dress them up or take them for a walk outside. Green Iguana’s can be just like dogs, everything is okay with them. Collareds aren’t like that. They have to go about their own way. As
with many male lizards there are times that males can’t stand eachother. In
general they will do allright. If
you keep 1 male on 3 females and when you have enough space, you could try
keeping 2 on 6 or 3 on 9.
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