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Leopard Geckos are lizards native to Pakistan, India and Afghanistan where the terrain is dry and rocky. The geckos live on and under the ground and are nocturnal. A leopard gecko has a triangular head and a large tail where it stores fat. Its skin is bumpy and heavily patterned. The patterns are designed to camouflage the gecko from predators.
Water Monitor with a bulbous nose. It's tail is as long as it's body.
Diet: They feed on invertebrates and any animal small enough to swallow. Will eat almost anything. Climbs trees for birds eggs.
Breeding: Lays 20-40 eggs in a hole in spring.
When threatened it will bite as well as use it's tail as a whip. The bite is not poisonous.
Length: 90-130cm
Diet: They feed on invertebrates and any animal small enough to swallow. Will eat almost anything. Climbs trees for birds eggs.
Breeding: Lays 20-40 eggs in a hole in spring.
When threatened it will bite as well as use it's tail as a whip. The bite is not poisonous.
Length: 90-130cm
The Rock Monitor (Varanus albigularis)
Description: is basically a dry land version of the water monitor. They live in tunnels or disused animal burrows and they climb trees quite well. The Rock Monitor lizard differs from the
Description: is basically a dry land version of the water monitor. They live in tunnels or disused animal burrows and they climb trees quite well. The Rock Monitor lizard differs from the
Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis)
A grazing species that favors semi-arid, thorny to grassland habitats.
Description: A yellowish coloured domed carapace with black blotches. Males (longer and thicker tails) Females (slightly concave) plastrons.
Diet: it grazes extensively upon mixed grasses. It also favors the fruit and pads of the prickly pear cactus.
A grazing species that favors semi-arid, thorny to grassland habitats.
Description: A yellowish coloured domed carapace with black blotches. Males (longer and thicker tails) Females (slightly concave) plastrons.
Diet: it grazes extensively upon mixed grasses. It also favors the fruit and pads of the prickly pear cactus.
Distribution: Savannahs of Africa from Sudan to South Africa.
Size: Fourth largest tortoises in the world reaching sizes of over 60cm in length and weigh over 40kg. Most specimens usually only reach carapace lengths of 40-50 cm (15 - 18 inches) and weigh 18kg (40 pounds).
Life span: Generally 50 years, the leopard tortoise can live to 100 years or more.
Size: Fourth largest tortoises in the world reaching sizes of over 60cm in length and weigh over 40kg. Most specimens usually only reach carapace lengths of 40-50 cm (15 - 18 inches) and weigh 18kg (40 pounds).
Life span: Generally 50 years, the leopard tortoise can live to 100 years or more.