Arids Only Blog
It's been quite a while since I've updated this site, but don't mistake that for a lack of interesting stuff happening! In very early March, my good friend Nick Dokai and I went on a nice herping trip to...
Read moreAfter 72 days of incubation, the uromastyx thomasi started hatching! These guys are easily my favorite uromastyx and I've been working towards this goal for a long time. All the babies look very healthy a...
Read moreHere are some various hatchlings from this season so far. Mostly nephrurus wheeleri, but also some banded geckos. I have a good number of eggs of these and other various species, so many more hatchlings t...
Read moreI realized I did not make a post regarding my female U. thomasi laying eggs. On May 14th she laid 8 rather large eggs. At first I was not sure if all 8 were good, mostly because they were squishy and some...
Read moreToday a good friend of mine and I set off for a quick trip out east to do some herping. This was a great time and we found a few very cool snakes! Below are a few photos of some of the animals we f...
Read moreA lot of things have been going on here since I returned from my herp trip to California! Most exciting to me was catching my Uromastyx Thomasi mating. These guys have been a dream of mine for a long tim...
Read more[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Young Male Baja Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus Vestigium) [/caption] I was fortunate enough to spend the second week of April in Southern California on...
Read moreWoke up this morning and checked the incubator to find these two awesome little geckos running around. These Nephrurus Wheeleri Cinctus babies are the first hatchlings of that species for me, so I ...
Read moreI came home yesterday evening to find my first ever Nephrurus Amyae had hatched! This species had been out of my price range for a long time, but I always wanted to keep and breed them. To open the incuba...
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