Articles/Info on other Teiid Species

[AmeivaBoy]

I think there should some stuff on other Teiid species like a forum or possibly some articles, everyone likes Tegus but not everyone has the room for them, such species as Ameivas, true dwarf tegus & monitor tegus (callopistes), whiptails, racerunners and kentropyx should be included just my 2 cents :)

http://ameivaherp.com/peekin.jpg

[Rick]

This community is mostly directed at Tupinambis species, but if you can get enough interest in the other Teiids in the 'Reptile' forum located under 'Other Pets & Discussion' I would be more then happy to make a sub-forum for 'Teiids'.

Rick

[Teiidae]

I can only think of 2 people on here who keep any, and we're in this thread :P

[tupinambis]

Three

[AmeivaBoy]

haha, i know huh, it was worth a shot, even though my site bombed i still am trying to connect small teiid keepers together to spread knowledge etc, hopefully that'll happen someday :lol:
P.S. Check out this Teiid A.Ameiva Petersi

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/james_harding/Ameiva.am.FL.jpg/view.html

[Teiidae]

Three

Sorry Tupinambis - I don't recall you ever speaking of them, however I should have figured you do :P - What species do you care for ?

[yeaitsdave]

How big does the giant amevia get? They didnt give much info, but I like the black. Know if you can get them in the pet trade at all?

[AmeivaBoy]

that particular subspecies of the green ameiva is said to max out at 24 inches and max svl rumored to be 7-8", I've talked to someone who had caught some in FL (where they are naturalized) and have been trying to get them to catch me 2.3 of them (since they arent native anyways) for a fututre breeding project, but as for the retail pet trade the closest i've seen is the normal green ameivas which still reach about 20" and an svl of 6" for a big male

[DeadIrishD]

I have intrest and also think that this is a good idea.

[jb]

I'm still waiting for someone to get Callopistes maculatus and tell me about them. I've never seen one in person, only books and they seem very interesting.

[AmeivaBoy]

once i get my tegu's 6 x 3 built i plan on building another to stack on top of it but i'm torn whether to try to get the giant ameiva (link above) or some chilean dwarf tegus, decisions decisions......
anyways, i'm glad that this many people have posted on here and have an interest in other teiid species, if rick set's up a forum for smaller teiids it's only gonna further captive husbandry techniques and gain peoples interests in other teiids besides tegus

[tupinambis]

Teiidae, I don't generally speak of many of my critters, it avoids having to deal with nagging questions and such all the time. At the moment, I have to admit, my Teiid collection is a little sparce, but has/does include(d) Tupinambis, Ameiva, Callopistes, Cnemidophorus and Kentropyx species. As one of our professors once said, when we have visiting speakers and such, it would better to take them to my place than to visit the zoo, there's more to see.

[jb]

tupinambis, do you keep a C. maculatus? they have a spotty captivity record. i would love to hear about them and pics if you do. (sorry for the nagging :))

[AmeivaBoy]

haha, i wanted to find out which Callopistes he keeps/kept along with which ameiva species but didnt wanna "nag"

anywho here's a bad *** juvenile Callopistes Flavipunctuatus
http://markmlucas.com/images/monitors/callopistes%20flavipunctatus%20(6).JPG
not mine but wish it was and if anybody wants to check out other teiid pix heres a nice gallery http://markmlucas.com/Monitorgallery.htm