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Male Collared Lizard CB24

Collared Lizards are a medium sized lizard originating in South and mid America

They are aptly named after the black collars which appear around the next of adult lizards

Collared lizards inhabit an arid environment and enjoy basking and burrowing in through rocks and rocky outcrops

Collared lizard care is known to be similar to Bearded Dragon care however there are species specific parameters for both.

Collared lizards require as much space as we can give them, but reasonably as adults need at least a 4ft  by 2ft vivarium. This is partially due to them needing space to roam and exhibit their natural behaviours, and partially due to the hot spot they require and the ability to create a thermal gradient within the tank.

Collard lizards exhibit hot areas and use their natural environment in order to reach their optimum temperatures. Collard lizards enjoy basking on rocks to get warm and using holes within the outcrops to cool down once they have reached the required temperature. It is important for us to try and provide an environment as close to the one where they would be found, within captivity. Collared lizards require a basking site which reaches their optimum temperatures, along with a cool area and so we use the ends of the tank for this. At one side there should be a heat lamp or ceramic to provide the hot spot, at the other end the lizard can cool down. Collared lizards also require UVB which they would gain from the sun in the wild. This is provided in the form of a T5 or T8 bulb in strip form to provide UVB throughout the whole tank.

Wooden vivarium’s are perfect for collared lizards as they keep the heat in, whereas glass tanks can get very hot , like a greenhouse, but also very cold in cool temperatures therefore dropping the ambient temperature below the required measurement.

Provide rocks and décor for your lizard for enrichment, cork bark hides on both ends of the enclosure gives your animal a good place to hide and sleep.

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