Scientific name mylabris
Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan.
Habitat, desert edge area
Body length 18-25cm.
The optimum temperature is 22-32 degrees Celsius.
Many people want to try to raise lizards, but they don't like the ferocious appearance of ordinary lizards. For them, the best choice is a leopard-print palace guard. Because of their low requirements for the environment, small size, easy breeding, moderate price, gentle temperament and rich body color changes, they are well-deserved to be the most popular court guards.
The main reason why the leopard-print palace guards belong to the Eublepharis family is that all the palace guards in this family have eyelids that ordinary palace guards do not have, and the scientific name Eublepharis also means eyelids. After years of cultivation, American farms have cultivated many special body colors. At present, the most popular variety is the orange sea wave, which is unmarked and has a red tail, so it is called orange. Because production is scarce, demand exceeds supply, and prices remain high, every 300 yuan is worth more than US dollars. At present, a few top-ranking individuals have been introduced to Taiwan Province Province. In addition, the newly cultivated body color is an individual called' Snow White' abroad, which is equivalent to the orange individual and much more expensive than the ordinary high yellow individual. This is a pure white background with black spots. As for the most advanced varieties, sunrise, sunshine and sunlight.
In artificial feeding, crickets and breadworms can be completely fed. The substrate of the feeding tank is silica sand or Ilan stone, which is covered with fine sand special for reptiles. Prepare a drinking basin and a small dish containing calcium powder and vitamins for them to lick. Add sinking wood or stones to hide, and plant several desert plants to decorate a very natural feeding environment. A strong leopard palace will generally choose a fixed corner far from its habitat for excretion. Therefore, the feeding trough is also easy to clean. Because it is a night activity, there is no need for special UVB lighting. Although there are no suction cups on the toes of the leopard-print guard palace, it is impossible to climb the smooth glass surface, but there are still tiny claws that can swim easily on the rough surface, so it is best to cover the feeding trough to prevent escape. When larvae are mixed, one more can be raised, but adults need to be raised separately or together with multiple females.
Like other reptiles, the leopard palace guards often encounter the problem of refusing to eat. They often drag on for 2-3 months until they are skinny and die. At present, the cause is still uncertain and it is difficult to treat. According to foreign reports, it is because of low humidity. We can try to leave individuals who refuse to eat alone in a high humidity environment, and some individuals can still resume eating. It may also be caused by gastroenteritis. It's best to confirm the person who will eat before buying.
The breeding season of leopard-print palace guards is very long, about seven or eight months, and they can mate from autumn to spring. The male and female can be distinguished by observing the protrusion on the upper femoral foramen and the lower cloacal foramen. Women don't have these characteristics. Adults can see with the naked eye, while larvae need more than ten times a magnifying glass. You can see it as long as you are born for more than a month. Female insects can lay eggs 3-4 times a season, laying two eggs at a time, because it is not sticky. Therefore, it can be easily moved to an incubator for incubation. It can hatch in about 50-60 days. The unfertilized eggs will turn yellow and rot in a week or so, while the fertilized eggs will remain white and increase slightly. The optimum incubation temperature is 28.9-30.6 degrees Celsius, and the number of hatched larvae is equal. The higher the temperature, the more males, and the lower the temperature, the more females. It is important that the temperature should not exceed 32 degrees, otherwise the embryo will be born.
The color of hatched larvae is black-brown ring with white background. With the growth, the color ring is gradually replaced by spots, and it is completely transformed into leopard spots in adulthood, which is also the origin of the name of the Leopard Palace Guard. In recent years, because the breeding of the Leopard Palace Guard has reached a mature stage, the farm has gradually shifted its focus to the close relative of the Leopard Palace Guard, Hemitheconyx caudicinctus. At present, various mutants and albino varieties have been cultivated. Feiwei Palace is produced in western Africa, but its habit is similar to that of leopard, but it is difficult to raise and reproduce. It is also a challenging species to protect the palace for veterans.