Hi everyone, I can't require this, of course, but I think it would save us having to repeat what herps we have each time someone joins (we're listed now with a...
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Kathy Yaden
punch@...
May 2, 2000 9:35 pm
... having ... profile, ... then ... helpful ... to ... be ... it ... Lucy, I added the type of plated lizard that I believe I have as you asked us to do.I...
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Aalset@...
May 3, 2000 2:28 am
Will here goes again. Name Betty Aalseth current resident of Arkansas Education, BA zoology worked 20 years in immunochem at Calif. institute of Cal tech. ...
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DanceToday@...
May 3, 2000 2:45 am
Kathy, Glad to hear someone else is raising herps and kids together! People assume that the lizard and snake are for my kids. Although they did talk me into ...
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Sharon N/A
Queensailor@...
May 3, 2000 2:06 pm
Just my thoughts here, but I thought I'd tell ya my part of the story being that I'm a kid. Herps and kids go well together if they understand that they aren't...
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DanceToday@...
May 3, 2000 3:02 pm
Sharon, Thanks for your story and recommendations. I know a fair amount about bearded dragons and anoles, but I'm curious what it is about the northern ...
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Sharon N/A
Queensailor@...
May 3, 2000 6:32 pm
The Northern alligator lizard is much like plated lizards, in fact all alligator lizards are like plateds. They are small, very clam, hardy animals. They come...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
May 3, 2000 7:33 pm
Sharon is right, the two genera are quite similar in many ways, including the basic body form and the calm temperaments. The "alligator" bit is rather...
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sedgwic
sedgwic@...
May 4, 2000 1:13 am
ok,,,,,, I put my list up on the webpage here it is for anyone interested right now: herps: Rat Snakes: Black, Red, and Taiwan Beauty. Kingsnakes: California,...
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sedgwic
sedgwic@...
May 4, 2000 10:54 pm
Here we are folks, pictures of the hind quarters of my two Rough Scaled Plated Lizards (G. major) (newcomers, this is the species often sold as "Sudan" when...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
May 6, 2000 12:04 am
That's brilliant, Sedg, and about exactly what the male and female in my care have as sexual characteristics. Good work! Would it be worth putting this on a...
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mjfillen@...
May 6, 2000 1:00 am
I got a plated lizard at a reptile show in Indianapolis but I don't know anything about it. It seems calm enough....
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DanceToday@...
May 6, 2000 2:58 am
Well, just to confuse things again (maybe) Solomon looks more like the female, but he has a very blue side of his throat and groove. Please, if anyone has a...
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DanceToday@...
May 6, 2000 3:10 am
Hi mjfillen! I'm the list owner, manager, or whatever. I started it just a little over two months ago because I have a plated lizard (a sudan/tawny/rough...
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sedgwic
sedgwic@...
May 6, 2000 4:14 am
i had to give each of them a rat pup to get them calmed down enough to sit on the scanner! ciao.sedg...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
May 6, 2000 10:40 am
Hi I am not sure, but some male lizards tend to show their colours more intensely during the mating season, and outside of this period the colours are duller...
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Lucy
DanceToday@...
May 9, 2000 1:50 pm
Joe Ann's and Nick's males have the blue on the throat and grooves and the females don't. Sedg's male used to be blue but isn't any more. So it sounds like...
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Kathy Yaden
punch@...
May 9, 2000 11:31 pm
Hi all, Sorry I am just getting around to posting.Lucy I would put Blue Tongue Skinks and Red foot tortises high on the list as great for kids.If the Blue...
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DanceToday@...
May 10, 2000 1:50 pm
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DanceToday@...
May 10, 2000 2:02 pm
Sorry about sending the blank. I'm still not awake, I guess. After getting the information about the changeable sexual characteristics about plateds and...
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DanceToday@...
May 10, 2000 4:24 pm
Okay, here's the first of I hope several journal article summaries I'd like to do as a service to this list. I may not be as experienced as most of you, but I...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
May 10, 2000 10:03 pm
Lucy I would certainly say that lizards, especially the larger ones, are prone to mood swings and "the blues". Sometimes after getting to know them you can ...
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DanceToday@...
May 10, 2000 10:48 pm
Has anyone else had an experience with being outside making your lizard wilder like Nick talked about? I was really planning on Sol being outside in the...
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sedgwic
sedgwic@...
May 11, 2000 4:28 pm
Lucy If you want to get downright technical, and follow the rules of Herpetoculture, you shouldn't mix the pet store's lizard with your lizard for at least one...
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DanceToday@...
May 12, 2000 3:02 am
Sedg, Thanks for the comments. There was an M.D. epidemiologist I used to work for that grew up in Africa (missionary parents). He had an attitude that most ...
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Lucy
DanceToday@...
May 13, 2000 10:06 pm
Hey guys! We have two new members that found our list somehow (after Kathy). We've also just been added to Melissa Kaplan's web site. Some of you "old"...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
May 13, 2000 11:28 pm
Hi My own feeling is that as this is a group to provide contact, support and exchange of information for owners and keepers of plated lizards, about which...
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Holly S.
ballpythonsrock@...
May 14, 2000 1:19 pm
Out on my own basking spot... and unfortunately badly sunburned because of it! Actually, the reason I haven't been posting lately is I've been very busy. As...
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DanceToday@...
May 14, 2000 3:19 pm
Holly, Nick had the same problem with trying to get his profile public. There are still many gliches with the e-group software, it seems. I've looked into ...
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Lucy
DanceToday@...
May 16, 2000 6:30 pm
I finally got the female (HOPEFULLY) in the pet store that I've been wanting for months. My husband bought it for me from our youngest for Mother's Day. He's...
