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You will see alot of colorful crotaphytus, and many of my other lizards as well. Sure Hope
you enjoy.
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| C. COLLARIS HATCHLING |
Theres nothing more wonderful, or exciting, than to watch an egg hatch.
He works so very hard to enter into this world.
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| JUST RESTING |
Sometimes it takes many hours, or even a full day, for the little hatchling to work his way out of the egg.
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| WELCOME, NEW LIFE |
He 's out except for his little footsies. And what a cute and colorful baby he is already . Within
hours he will be running around, and exploring his new surroundings.
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| JUST HATCHED C. COLLARIS |
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| AQUAFLAME HATCHLING |
Theres no doubt about it, this little baby sure is a cutey .
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| NINE HATCHLINGS JUNE / 2005 |
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| READY TO RUMBLE * ONLY HOURS OLD |
| Akemi's Little girl arrives * Akema |
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| BABY AKEMA HATCHES 9/13/08 |
American Indian Names I Use
I'm often asked why I use American Indian related names for my collareds.
I use them on most all my collareds, only a few that have come to me to adopt with names already, or my huge KONG,
because he was just such a monster of a guy when I got him years ago.
Most collareds come from locales that Indians once or still are living.
I have always admired and respected the American Indian for their love of nature/animals. Even the ones they killed
were put to good use for housing, clothing, food, so forth for their needs, and they gave thanks to the animal.
They have bonds to the wolves, horses, bear and all living creatures and believe everything has spirit, I believe that as
well.
I have from a child loved the painted/ or pinto horse so often seen with Indians in photos
and movies. Another personal thing, lol, was I loved the Indain squaws hair as a young girl, and to this day I have
wasit length dark hair. I use either tribal names, locales, rivers named for them, or Indian words from their
different languages
I try and use a name that I think fits a certain collared, color, strength,
size, female , male, all taken into consideration when I pick one that appeals to me. Such as names for bears,
such as.... Tashunka, Matoskah, or wolves, such as....Tamaska , Mohegan, Ho'nehe.
There ya have it, Eve's reasons/ choice to use American Indian names.
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| A SPRINKLE OF COLOR AND A DASH OF BEAUTY 9/14/08 |
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| SOME GATHERED FOR A CAMP OUT :0) |
Collared lizards are normally found in south central
United States and northern Mexico. They inhabit deserts and plains, most live in outcroppings.
They are a medium sized lizard, with large head, long limbs and tail. As their name suggests they are
known for their "collars" that incircle the back of neck. They are exceptionally fast,
and can be seen running bipedally ( on back legs) . They certainly are among the most beautifully colored lizards
in North America.
They are carnivores, insect eaters along
with smaller lizards in the wild.
There are two forms of collared lizard ,
collaris and insularis. ( This was just a brief discription ) please visit links I have on my care
page for futher information, on locales, species, ect.) Example Pic below
| KONGSTER IS A YELLOWFLAME * MODOC IS A TEXAN |
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| KONGSTER RUNS WITH MODOC 4/30/07 |
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| C. COLLARIS/ C. INSULARIS VESTIGIUM *YAZHI AND KABOOM 8/15/07 |
** Notice the collaris form first colorful guy Yazhi, has
a blunt snout, blue/ green /yellow coloring and roundish tail. The C. insularis vestigium , Kaboom,
has a longer snout, a duller color and a laterally compressed (flat) tail
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| ZAZZLE is SIZZLING |
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| TALOWA' S ORANGE HEART ON NECK 5/12/08 * Female C. collaris/ aquaflame |
| YOUNGSTER PALS |
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| March 17, 2009 |
| Kong, Chinoza, Chicory and Hobbs |
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| AFTER A BATH * BIG KONG & A FEW PALS |
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