anyone heard of theses

[Tcrazy]

I went to the All Ohio Reptile show this past weekend and at this booth they had these lizzards called neon dragons. they look really neat looking. i asked then seller what he new about them is answer he did not know much of anything about theses. except that they get around 12 to 18 inches and need modiret to high humidity... well i went ahead and bought the little cutie and brought it home and put it in the large exotera tank with my tree frogs, for tempory till i get a bigger housing on monday.. I watched it for a while to make sure it was doing ok so far so good it. since then i did how ever keep him in with my frogs thought it seemed to do fine and still is he dont seem to bother them at all. and frogs are doing great. he is eating well on the crickets and very active. i have been getting him out for few min to handle him and he seems not to mind it at all.
here are some pics i took of him
i know when getting and animal you should always recerch them before hand. i jumped the gun but seem to do good so far.

 

[bugmankeith]

Try looking for "mountain horned dragon" and see what comes up.

 

[Tcrazy]

i used to have a mountian horned dragon. at first i when i saw this i thought it was one but young mountain horns from what i know dont have coloring that young. it maybe in the same family as them

 

[Tcrazy]

ok i did some more looking i found this
http://www.zoocon.com/Herps/Lizards/Japalura_splendida.jpg

on this one i dont know what it says but it has some really cool pictures

http://www.repti.net/reptile_pictures/Japalura+splendida

 

[Mushroom Spore]

I hope you don't plan on leaving him in there with the frogs any longer than absolutely necessary. That's really not a good plan, cohabiting herp species is double-plus ungood. Things get sick, things poison/eat each other, it's just not something you do outside an absolute emergency.

 

[Tcrazy]

I hope you don't plan on leaving him in there with the frogs any longer than absolutely necessary. That's really not a good plan, cohabiting herp species is double-plus ungood. Things get sick, things poison/eat each other, it's just not something you do outside an absolute emergency.

deffinetly not. i bought a 29g tank with lid and special lighting. i plan on putting it in there tomarrow. i have some live plants to go in there and still want to get some good size drift wood for it to climb all over.

 

[bugmankeith]

Mabye some sort of anole, i've never seen this before?

The translation from that site with the pictures is "Banana Split Mountain Lizard"

Again, never heard of it.

 

[AneesasMuse]

I've seen these in a local herp store here, but I cannot for the darn'dest remember anything except... "water something or other"... so I emailed the link to a friend that is somewhat of an expert and he may know. I'll post back if he does know for sure.

Anyhow, it is pretty cute!

 

[Tcrazy]

thanks.
i found some articals about them but i can not read it its in another language

hope he might know where i can find a care sheet on them..
Japaluras is what there called neon dragon is there common name. thats all i know

 

[SouthernStyle]

It's definatly an awesome looking lizard eitherway....Im going to have to keep my eyes open for one of those guys

 

[Tcrazy]

i hope they are there at the next months reptile show in ohio.. they only cost 8 dollars

I would not mind setting up my emty 100g. with those in there be one nice tarrarium set up

 

[bugmankeith]

Only 8! I bet it's a type of anole.

 

[Tcrazy]

it probley is...
close look at them they got the simularities as the anole.
seems to me they look have anole and half ameiva

 

[AneesasMuse]

I still haven't heard from my friend, but that isn't unusual... it could take a couple of days, actually.
I did start googling the J. splendida on my own and found this care sheet and pic of them, although they differ just slightly in pattern they have the overall similar structure.

Here's the link: http://www.reptilehabitat.com/chinese_tree_dragon_caresheet.htm

I'll keep you posted on whatever else I find. I just hope I don't get a 'bug in my butt' for one or more of these cuties after researching.

 

[bugmankeith]

Looking at that it must be a type of tree dragon then, just not the chinese species.

 

[AneesasMuse]

Okay... heard back from my friend:

HI.. umm.. yes japalura.. umm.. The only ones that I have worked with were splendida... and thats what it looks like... its one of the million different weird tropical agamid species that gets imported and no one cares to figure out what species it is. I have seen a lot a variation on the coloration of them. esp. from smaller to bigger ones.. ummm looking on the fancy google..
http://gutt.sg.free.fr/galerie_lezards 2.htm
i see variations of what I think are spendida.. but they are being called tricarinata.. Find a genus description.. which i have been trying to look for.. for about 7 minutes. from what i have read so far it seems like its one of the genus's that is going constant reclassification.. so sadly who really will ever know... Let me read your other email.

That's all I could come up with, myself. I hope it helps. The other link I posted earlier was a pretty comprehensive and complete care sheet on these little beasties. Good Luck!


...now, if anyone knows where I can find a Golden Tail Gecko or more specifically, an S. taenicauda.... PM me, please!! (Ya see... I didn't fall for the little Japalura, but another image popped up during my search for info and now I want some of those!! )

 

[Tcrazy]

Okay... heard back from my friend:



That's all I could come up with, myself. I hope it helps. The other link I posted earlier was a pretty comprehensive and complete care sheet on these little beasties. Good Luck!


...now, if anyone knows where I can find a Golden Tail Gecko or more specifically, an S. taenicauda.... PM me, please!! (Ya see... I didn't fall for the little Japalura, but another image popped up during my search for info and now I want some of those!! )

thanks.
i seen som golden tail geckos at the ohio reptile show.. they might have them next month..

 

[AneesasMuse]

Tcrazy!!! Did you really???? OMG!

Tell me how much, if you go again... please!! Please!

...but wait, does OH have a show every MONTH?? I'm so jealous!

 

[Tcrazy]

yep. columbus has one every single month.. i cant remember off the top of my head what the price where of them gecko.. there are about five tables that carry a wide variety of geckos ranging from 20 dollars up to 200 dollars..

but i do rember seeing them golden tail geckos just not the price.. sorry