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 Tympanocryptis  :

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Tympanocryptis is a genus of Australian lizards in the family Agamidae.

 

 

Tympanocryptis

Tympanocryptis tetraporophora

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Agamidae

Subfamily:Amphibolurinae

Genus:Tympanocryptis
W. Peters, 1863

Description :

 

The genus Tympanocryptis has the following characters. The tympanum is hidden. The body is depressed, and it is covered dorsally with heterogeneous scales. There is no dorsal crest. There is no gular sac, but a strong transverse gular fold is present. The tail is round in cross section. There is a preanal pore on each side, which sometimes is absent in females. In most species there are no femoral pores,[1]Tympanocryptis tetraporophora being an exception.

Species :

 

The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

 

  • Tympanocryptis centralis Sternfeld, 1925

  • Tympanocryptis cephalus Günther, 1867 – blotch-tailed earless dragon

  • Tympanocryptis condaminensis Melville et al., 2014 – Darling Downs earless dragon, eastern Condamine River floodplain (previously part of T. pinguicolla)[3]

  • Tympanocryptis diabolicus Doughty et al., 2015

  • Tympanocryptis fortescuensis Doughty et al., 2015

  • Tympanocryptis gigas F. Mitchell, 1948

  • Tympanocryptis houstoni Storr, 1982

  • Tympanocryptis intima F. Mitchell, 1948 – gibber earless dragon

  • Tympanocryptis lineata W. Peters, 1863 – lined earless dragon

  • Tympanocryptis pentalineata Melville et al., 2014

  • Tympanocryptis pinguicolla F. Mitchell, 1948 – grassland earless dragon

  • Tympanocryptis pseudopsephos Doughty et al., 2015

  • Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Lucas & C. Frost, 1895 – long-tailed earless dragon

  • Tympanocryptis uniformis F. Mitchell, 1948 – even-scaled earless dragon

  • Tympanocryptis wilsoni Melville et al., 2014 – Darling Downs earless dragon, western Condamine River floodplain (previously part of T. pinguicolla)[3]

Conservation efforts for T. pinguicolla 

 

In early January 2014, media reported[4] that researchers Professor Stephen Sarre and Dr Lisa Doucette from the University of Canberra's Institute for Applied Ecology had succeeded in breeding T. pinguicolla in captivity, and had also hatched eggs gathered from field studies, with around 60 hatchlings being born. In June 2011, Professor Sarre's team won a four-year funding grant from the Australian Research Council to research and potentially save the species from extinction, and find a cause for the species recent collapse in numbers, thought to be associated with 10 years of drought in the species' range.[5]

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Species : 

 

1- Tympanocryptis tetraporophora ( Eyrean earless dragon or long tailed earless dragon )

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Tympanocryptis tetraporophora, also known as Eyrean earless dragon or long tailed earless dragon,[1] is one of 15 documented species[2] of a relatively small dragon belonging to the genus Tympanocryptis.[3] Tympanocryptis is differentiated from other genera within the family Agamidae by a tympanum covered with scales and a missing phalange in the fifth toe of the rear foot.[4] T. tetraporophora is a ground dwelling dragon inhabiting semi arid regions of central New South Wales, arid regions of South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and tropical grasslands of Northern Queensland.[3]

Tympancryptis tetraporophora

Scientific classification

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Agamidae

Genus:Tympanocryptis

Species:T. tetraporophora

Binomial name :

Tympanocryptis tetraporophora
Lucas & Frost, 1895

Distribution Map of Tympanocryptis tetraporophora

Etymology :

 

Named because of the presence of four pores, two pre-anal and two femoral.

 

Description :

 

T tetraporophora has been described as a slender medium-sized Tympanocryptis with a distinct neck and a blunt roundly shaped snout with the nostril been closer to the eyes then to the end of the snout. The limbs are slender and somewhat moderately long and the tail tapers into a rounded tip. They have four pores, two are preanal pores; and two femoral pores, one on each side. Its colour and pattern can be variable with a red-brown to brown base colour with four to six broken dark cross bands on body and a pale ventral stripe that may not be very visible. Typically have dark brown bands on legs and tail. However, in mature females there can be next to no patterning.[5]

Distribution and Habitat :

 

T tetraporopho distribution covers a large area, some of which is disjunct and or continuous which includes four states South Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. T tetraporophora distribution overlaps with other Tympanocryptis including T cephalus, T lineata, T intima and T pentalineata. T tetraporophora can be identified from the former three species by the presence of four pores and by the latter T pentalineata sp. nov with the absence of five longitudinal body stripes.[6] T tetraporophora habitat is indicative of its wide and varied distribution, from the semi-arid to arid regions encompassing gibber plains, grassland and shrub land associated with stoney plains and hills, hiding in cracks of dried out river floodplains and overflows.[7] Its extensive range also includes tropical savannah grasslands in the Gulf region of northern Queensland.[8]

 

Thermoregulation :

 

T tetraporaphora has been likened to tiny meerkats, due to the way in which they position themselves to gain the maximum benefit from the sun. They stand erect balancing themselves on their hind limbs and tail with their back facing the sun gaining heat, conversely by aligning their pale underside towards the sun they are able to prevent overheating, therefore been able to regulate their body temperature.[9]

 

Sexual Reproduction and Dimorphism :

 

T tetraporophora are oviparous meaning they lay eggs. Breeding occurs between early spring and mid autumn. Females become sexually mature at a Mean Snout Vent Length(SVL) around 46mm and males are sexually active at about 42mm SVL. Mature females can range from 46 to 72mm SVL the average been around 58mm. Clutch sizes can vary from between 1 and 14 eggs, there is a positive association with the size of the female and how many eggs are laid. As a female matures they tend to lose the stripes and dark blotches and become totally without any pattern at around 55mm SVL. Mature Males on the other hand do not lose their stripes or blotches.[10]

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Long Tailed Earless Dragons

Video :

Care Articles :

 

1- Care Sheet - Long Tailed Earless Dragons - Tympanocryptis Tetraporophora

courtesy to :  www.reptilebreeder.co.uk/caresheets/earless.html

 

Description :

 

Earless dragons are small Australian agamas that at the time of writing are still quite rare in the hobby. There is very little information on the net for this species, which promted me to write this care sheet, but as a general rule they have similar care requirements to that of a baby bearded dragon. They are a very sociable species and can be kept in groups. Each of my groups of females are housed with two or more males and I have never had any injuries from fighting.

Interaction between the group will be displayed in head bobbing normally by dominant males. On occasion they will also inflate there eyes out of there sockets but this is of no concern and is thought to be to loosen the skin around there eyes before they shed. They will also inflate their whole body and puff out their beard for the same reason. Due to their small size - 2-3" from snout to vent - and there flighty nature, they are not a lizard to be handled too often.

 

Housing :

 

An enclosure measuring 24"x15"x15" for a pair, or 36"x18"x18" for a small group, will be ideal, with a spot light at one end suspended above ideally a flat stone to create a nice basking area. Decor can include some branches for them to climb and a few flat top stones for them to bask on, and also for you to spray as they prefer to drink this way than from a bowl. I think the best substrate for keeping these lizards is sand and even better is the red sand as this mimics what is found in their natural habitat.

 

Lighting/Heating:

 

Earless dragons come from the same areas as Bearded and Rankin dragons and so are similar in the care requirements. So for heat a spot lamp producing a hot spot of around 100°F at the hot end; between 80°-85°F in the middle of the vivarium, and the cool end around 75°F. To help maintain these temperatures a dimmer thermostat and a low wattage lamp can be used. A low wattage lamp is to allow them to bask for longer periods. If a high wattage lamp was to be used it would soon reach the temperatures set and turn off depriving them of a basking site. The wattage will depend on the vivarium size and ambient room temperature the vivarium is in. Other heat sources may be needed to create these temperatures in the vivarium; again this will depend on vivarium size and where it is situated. This is why the vivarium should be set up and running before the lizard is purchased so it can be tweaked until all the temperatures are satisfactory. A high/low thermometer will be handy here to register temperatures during the night as well as the day.

 

Being a diurnal lizard they will also require a source of UVB light. Mine are all given 8.0 or 10.0% UVB fluorescent tubes running the full length of the vivarium and are suspended near to the floor so they receive the maximum possible from these tubes. The UVB light output from these tubes starts to decrease from the moment they are first used and so need to be changed regularly (see manufacturers recommendation on box). My full spectrum lights are left on the same amount of time as the spot lights - about 12-14 hours in the summer and reduced to 10-12 hours in the winter.

Diet :

 

I believe the key to keeping this species healthy is to feed them little and often. They are an active lizard and in the wild would be on the move a lot and would need food often. They will benefit greatly with a much varied diet. Any live food offered to them should be well gutloaded before feeding (see gutload sheet). We feed all our Earless dragons small hopper locusts, size 2 crickets and mini mealworms as a staple. There is a lot of hype about feeding mealworms - impaction and being unable to digest the chitin - but if the vivarium temperatures are correct they will digest them fine.

I believe they are one of the best foods - they are very easy to gutload as they eat virtually everything, and if offered in a suitable bowl will always be available for the lizard to eat. Finely chopped greens can also be offered. I chop mine up and place some in with the mealworms, and the movement of the mealworms tends to get the not-so-keen lizards to eat the greens. It also continues to gutload the mealworms.

 

Supplementation is another important part of feeding your lizards but dosage rates will all depend on what you are actually feeding your lizards. The gutload I use for my livefood I make myself. It's made up of many different ingredients and contains all vitamins, minerals and amino acids, so I only need to supplement once or twice a week. Calcium is a very important part of the diet, especially for growing young and laying females. I always have a bowlful available in the vivarium so it's there when they need it. I use grated cuttlefish bone and they love to crunch on the small pieces when it's first put in for them. This greatly improves there growth rate.

 

On occasions I also add in the vivarium wild insect sweepings from the garden. This creates a lot of interest with the lizards especially flying insects. This is another subject with some controversy because of the use of pesticides, but my view is that if they are running around in your garden then they are probably not poisoned by pesticides. Otherwise we would have no insect-eating wildlife left. The choice is yours.

Breeding :

 

If given a good diet breeding size can be attained in 6 months of age, when both males and females are mature. Activity levels in the viv will increase with the onset of mating, which when seen for the first time can seem quite rough, but usually just results in the skin on the back of the females neck darkening from where the male bites down on her to mate. A few weeks after mating the female will be getting noticeably larger with the developing eggs. Now is the time to check everything is set up for the incubator and that a suitable egg laying box is in the viv.

 

 

The egg laying box will need to be big enough for the female to comfortably move around in and for her to be able to dig down around 4-6". This material can be a mix of sand/peat, slightly dampened and then compacted down to allow a tunnel dug into it. When she is near to laying, the eggs will show as small bulges on her underside and can be felt if you lightly stroke her underside. As she fills with eggs her feeding will decrease until she stops feeding a couple of days before laying, but she may still continue consuming the calcium if it is in there for her (which it should be). When she is ready she will dig a tunnel in the dampened substrate, turn around and deposit her eggs, normally numbering around 5 to 8 eggs. Then she will fill in the tunnel behind her. You will notice she has laid the eggs because her skin will be loose around the sides. Now the eggs have been laid it's time to concentrate on getting the females weight back up, as in 3-4 weeks she will be ready to lay another clutch. The usual number of clutches is around 4 per year.

Eggs and incubation :

 

The eggs now need to be carefully dug up and placed into the prepared incubator. Normal practice is to half-bury them spaced 1" apart into dampened vermiculite or perlite. If the eggs are good they will be firm to the touch and white. Infertile eggs are normally yellowish and flaccid but if you are unsure just incubate them all. The bad eggs will soon shrivel and mould. The bad eggs will not harm the good eggs as in the wild they will all be laid in one cluster. Over time the good eggs will swell in size as the embryos inside grow. At an incubation temperature of 84°F the eggs will take around 40 days to hatch, so before this time is up make sure you have set up somewhere to rear the hatchlings. Just before the eggs are due to hatch, beads of sweat will form on them and soon you will see small slits at one end of the egg. This is from the hatchling's egg tooth cutting its way out of the egg, but it can still be up to a day before the hatchling emerges. For now it is consuming the last of its yolk sac. The entire clutch may hatch at different times over a period of 2 to 3 days. When they hatch out carefully transfer them to the already prepared rearing unit.

Hatchling care :

 

The hatchlings when born will be around 1" in total length. Best results for rearing these will be in a simple setup: paper towel as substrate, which should be lightly misted daily for the first couple of weeks; a very shallow water bowl like a jam jar lid; calcium dish; a smooth stone or something to perch on under the basking spot, and a toilet roll tube as a hide. With these items in with them there will be few places for the live food to hide, so monitoring their food intake will be easier and more will be consumed. Food should not be offered until the third day as they will be living off the nutrients from the yolk sac and this uneaten food will just irritate them. For optimal growth, live food should be offered in small amounts 3 to 4 times a day, and to get them started on greens I snip the tips off the tubs of cress. This falling down onto them seems to promote an immediate feeding response. Once they are used to this you can just chop up their greens into small pieces in a bowl. After two weeks or so it may be necessary to sort out the hatchlings by size into different units as some will have grown more than others. When they reach around 4-5 weeks of age they can be placed into a viv with the same set up as the adults.

2- Tympanocryptis tetraporophora

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Tympanocryptis tetraporophora (Lucas & Frost, 1895)

 

Classification::
Classe: Reptilia
Ordine: Squamata
Famiglia: Agamidae
Genere: Tympanocryptis
specie: tetraporophora

 

Other species and subspecies: :
Tympanocryptis cephalus (Gunther, 1867)
Tympanocryptis intima (Mitchell, 1948)
Tympanocryptis lineata (Peters, 1863)
  - Tympanocryptis lineata lineata (Peters 1863) 
  - Tympanocryptis lineata centralis (Sternfeld 1925) 
  - Tympanocryptis lineata houstoni (Storr 1982) 
  - Tympanocryptis lineata macra (Storr 1982) 
Tympanocryptis parviceps (Storr, 1964)
  - Tympanocryptis parviceps parviceps (Storr 1964) 
  - Tympanocryptis parviceps butleri (Storr 1977)
Tympanocryptis pinguicolla (Mitchell, 1948)
Tympanocryptis uniformis (Mitchell, 1948)

Dissemination:
the distribution area covers most of the southwestern Australian then touching the Northern Territory, Queensland, New south Wales and Victoria. 

Dissemination:
the distribution area covers most of the southwestern Australian then touching the Northern Territory, Queensland, New south Wales and Victoria. 

 

Habitat:
They live in the steppe and desert areas. The typical landscape in which may be found is sandy character with more or less rocky areas, meadows brushwood, shrubs and / or trees and fallen branches. 

Description:
These sauretti chubby body, a maximum length of 14 cm, take their name from the characteristic of having the ear drum (those holes that you have many reptiles sides of the head) is not visible, because hidden by skin and scales. This does not make them deaf, are quite capable of hearing sounds and vibrations. 
The coloration is variable, there are gray and many specimens have shades ranging from light brown to red under the belly are white milk. 
It 'likely that the various colors depend on the localities (that is, the area of origin), so my advice is to try to always pair specimens with similar coloration, if the hypothesis will prove unfounded will have made selection by color, while if It will prove true you did not mess! 
The tail is long about 1 and a half times the body and its dorsal side is gray, interspersed with red spots square brick / brown. 

 

The young specimens exhibit 2:00 to 3:00 dashed white lines ranging from the hairline neck of the tail, this coloration, however, can also occur in adults specimens, in a more or less marked. 
The legs are thin and equipped with long and powerful claws, useful for digging and for climbing. 
They are very curious and careful, do not flee in terror when you open the display case or you pass, indeed, often come close to see if there is something interesting to eat.
 
 

Terrarium:
A showcase of 60x60x 40 or 50h will be ideal for a group of 4 specimens. 
The terrarium where I host my is a 80 x 40 x 45h and is now inhabited only by a couple, it might seem excessive, but it must be said that revolve around far and wide and make no effort to hunt. 
They are very active sauri for which the furniture will be made up of stones, branches, roots, plants, fake rock structures / walls, corteccioni cork etc. This to give way to them to move and, in males, by controlling high locations on their territory. 
It is required the presence of a bowl of low water, changing every day; compared to cousins Pogona sp , T. tetraporophora has in fact need a greater water intake to not dehydrate; then you will see the bathe happily in addition to drink from the bowl or sprayed.

Substrate:
I think that the best substrate, that is harmless and which allows the animals to express the maximum, both the fine sand and without calcium; In this regard, please, try to furnish at least 10 cm. 
They are lizards that love to dig, dig simple burrows / holes for the night, to look cool during the day or they (females) real tunnel in the season of the depositions. 
Using the sand you can also bury pots or directly in the terrarium resistant succulents, always look for them without thorns, and are resistant to high temperatures. 
For example the various Aloe , Sanseveria , Gasteria , Crassula , Agave , Echeveria , Haworthias etc. are the right choice and nice to look at, I also put a small Beaucarnea . 
Even dried grasses and twigs used for floral decorations help to create a beautiful environment and at the same time increase the floor area. 

Lighting and heating:
As lamps park there are various combinations, in large terraria (and higher) can be used for example the lamps with mercury vapor and UVB neon to illuminate well the rest of the case, or for terraria medium size may be used the classic commercials and UVB neon (or compact). 

The power of the spot depends on the size of the case, the temperature of the room and from the material with which it is built the terrarium. 
It 'a very subjective thing so that's why we always say that you test before buying the animals, because by doing so you can find the ideal combination that allows you to get a good brightness and optimal temperatures in the various areas of the shrine, without stressing tenants with changes in temperature and light. 
The spot will be placed in a side of the case, so that it can illuminate and heat perpendicularly some underlying stone, this will be the basking zone, ie the hottest spot of the theca. The area in the immediate vicinity will be the hot side, while the opposite part without commercials constitute the cold part. 

 


As for compact fluorescent or UVB, they must be powerful enough, with rates of 7% or 10% (I use 10% for adults). 
If you opt for neon, have the foresight to take long the maximum allowed by your case and mount them so they do not fall more than 30 cm from most of the furniture. 
If you opt for one or more compact, careful to mount them at strategic points of the terrarium, such as the basking area close to the spot (this position is required), and perhaps in other areas frequented by animals or seemingly a bit ' "dark." 
Although these lamps have to be no more than 30 cm from dinosaurs. 
It should however be pointed out that there are mainly two types of compact: those in 3U and those twisted. 
The first to be mounted horizontally and equipped with reflector, while those twisted can also be mounted vertically. 
Another trick to increase the brightness of the display case is white paint the inner walls and use also white sand. UVB and spots must be left switched on at the same time, 12-14 hours in spring and summer then going to fall in the cold months and then during the mist. 

Temperature and humidity: 

 

By day basking in the area will have 45 °, from 35 ° to 32 ° in the warm and around 25 ° in the cold. 
At night 18 ° -20 ° are fine, indeed the night temperature range is healthy, then do not use heating sources if you have minimum of 18 ° 
During the day the moisture will wander around 30-40%, while at night can also get up around 60% without problems for lizards. 
The nebulized is best to do them in the morning, just turn on the lights, so they will have time to drink while the terrarium will not stay wet for long.

Power:
Being a small lizard, a very active and fast metabolism, the ideal is to feed them a little but every day. 
They eat both insects and vegetables, as seprate, the board is to provide a varied diet: Aphids, pinheads, cockroach nymphs, C. maculatus (beetle beans), Lepisma sp ., Thermobia sp., Drosophilawingless etc ..

as for the moths ( T. molitor and A. diaperinus ) breeders are divided: those who absolutely does not provide it because, according to them, too chitinous to be digested and who by quietly taking care not somministrarne few ( 2-3), the small size and white (ie moulting) just accomplished. 
I few buffalo worms I tried to give it (with the above characteristics) and nothing happened, but not to risk any case I decided to eliminate the moths from the diet, so there are a lot of other available insects. 
The vegetables will be chopped to "confetti", basated on the distance between the eyes of your dinosaurs to understand that diameter them, should be equal to that distance. 
As vegetables go well: Dandelion (leaves and flowers), hibiscus, mallow (leaves and flowers), chicory variety, radicchio, endive, arugula, vetch, plantain, clover, violets (flowers and leaves), purslane, carrots and occasional fruits of the forest (1-2 times a month) 
usually the sooner the better to provide vegetables and later, when they have eaten a little ', the insects. 
Two things are important: integration of meals and feeding insects themselves. 
To supplement you will be using the usual two products, namely pure calcium as to give every day sprinkled on insects and vegetables, and calcium + D3 to be given twice a week also sprinkled on meals. For the feeding of insects you can find useful information here  , a well-fed insect will provide a good meal for our reptiles, insects are what they eat so choose accordingly. 

NB When using the one with D3 obviously do not give pure calcium. 
It 'also a good idea to leave a saucer, or sprinkle a rock / cork with Calcium + D3, available in the casket .. females and young people will use it willingly. 

 

 

Breeding :


The males begin to distinguish at about 5-7 months of life, the tail looks thickened at the base, because of the emipeni locations. 
Females on the other hand have no bulge. 
Another feature is the body size, males are more slender companions, who instead have a bit 'of bacon and axillary fat reserves. Bruma: The haze is expected to last around six weeks maximum, with temperatures around 16 °, some haze at 10 ° but it is quite dangerous with such small animals. The specimens should be fed well in the period prior to the mist, after which it starts to gradually decrease temperature and light, once they have reached the 30 degrees of maximum need to stop feeding the specimens, which will thus have the time to digest and defecate l ' last meal. Usually you start to gradually decrease the photoperiod and temperature in December and, after six weeks in a cool, the temperatures are restored towards the end of February, more gradually. Breeding and Reproduction: They are early dinosaurs, live relatively little (5 years on average) and reach sexual maturity at 6 months of life, but it is much better to wait at least 11 months before you make matches. More males can live together, but they must have at least one female head, to avoid quarrels during courtship. Obviously being living things are not all the same, captain of the shyest and most bullies, watching for dangerous behavior (ie specimens that eat little, are hidden .. or alcontrario specimens that bother the shrine companions) it is best to divide the 'weak exemplary or that too impetuous; Sometimes you just need to remove them for a medium to long term, in the next reintroduction usually things are better. Once the specimens in our possession will be mature, they will begin to notice the courtship (head bobbing and parades around the female) and subsequently the pair, a bit 'rough but not dangerous. The male, as in many species of lizards, grabs the female by the neck skin and, if available, from the beginning to the copula. Gestation lasts about 6 weeks, the female will become more plump and 15 days before the deposition, the coloring of the head will turn from red to gray, while a week before the deposition will begin excavations. In this phase, take care to wet the sand in areas where the female digs more assiduously, because there will be that at the end will spawn. Other imminent deposition signals are poor appetite and "bumps" in the abdomen depending on the positions where lies down. Usually they lay from 5 to 8 eggs, in one of the excavated tunnel (what it deems most suitable for humidity and temperature) and then cover the whole to perfection, so be careful to remember the location of all holes, a good asoluzione would be to photograph the terrarium, to have a kind of map! A female who has just taken down very well known, will appear with the sunken abdomen, can take effect this aspect of corners, but within one day resurface a bit 'of bacon and will recover well. After the deposition and during the following days offer plenty of food and well integrated, because the eggs take away a lot of calcium reserves. On average they lay 4-5 times a year, at a distance of 4-6 weeks apart. Eggs and incubation: Eggs are elongated, but a soft-shelled hard-boiled, less than 1 cm long and a nice bright white. They should be taken lightly, as soon as the female has covered the tunnel and moved away. The ideal is to dig with their fingers, very gently and once reached, helping with a spoon will be easier to recover them without damaging them. I nightmare of perlite, perlite do not look at the relationship: water, bathroom simply under the stream of water (warm) tap water, do drain well in a colander and then put it back in an airtight container for food, non-perforated. The eggs should be lying in the gutter, so it does not roll, spaced from each other as much as possible (never less than 1 cm between the one and the other), as well temperatures ranging from 27 to 29 degrees, humidity 80-90% . With each passing day, the fertile egg will grow in volume and become quite rounded, that is, take the classic egg shape; sterile ones (already ugly at first sight being yellowish or with odd-shaped) or damaged instead will not increase in volume, but will deteriorate; They will then removed. To avoid the condensation dripping on eggs can put a thickness under one side of the incubation box, so that the droplets do not fall "rain" but slipping along the cover until you get to touch an edge, finally ricolando in perlite. At a temperature of 27-28 degrees my have started to hatch around the 50th day. From 1 to 2 days before hatching, the eggs will begin to sweat, will coat ie internal liquid droplets (transparent) and decrease of volume. The second stage involves the formation of nicks in one of the egg and ends shortly thereafter will see tick the nose of the unborn child. With her head off can also be more than 24 hours, DO NOT FEEL absolutely, 100% when they are ready to voluntarily abandon the egg. From the first output of the last born may take 2-3 days, do not worry everything is normal. Babies: The babies are really beautiful and tiny (3-4 cm maximum nose-tip of the tail), perfect miniatures of the parents, born with a discreet vest and for the first few days, usually 1-2, do not feed because they have to still dispose the internal yolk sac. Just come out from the egg transfer them in a box with damp paper towel as the bottom and leave them in the incubator until they begin to wander. Once you are recovered from the fatigues of birth, them move to a Spartan box, previously prepared and already in temperature, furnished with sand (a just finger and advances), a cork bark or cartons for eggs, two bowls for water (in a cold and in a hot zone) and a few sprigs. How to use lamps one spot and a compact UVB to 5% (it is very close to the small, the 10% could not do well in infants) Nebulizzo 2 times per day the cork and often directly piccolini (always with warm water), a another method may be to drop droplets with a syringe, needle, on the head of each puppy. The food is the same as the only further scaled-parents, itegrazioni and the availability of calcium remain the same. At first they will be very interested exclusively to insects, so it is best to introduce vegetables in the diet is to mix such as beetles of beans with vegetable confetti, the movement will push them to also enjoy it (choose vibrant colors to get you started: red, yellow, orange, dark green) by mistake or out of curiosity, usually after a few days of hesitation they will eat it without fuss. It 'better to provide food 3-4 times a day in small amounts rather than in a single solution, so they can feed all insects are few free for the shrine. They grow very fast, so be careful to always provide adequate UVB (remember that after about 6-7 months to be replaced) and the appropriate calcium supplements and calcium + D3. The pups of the same brood may be held together as long as they are all the same size and there are not too timid specimens or impetuous, in this case better to separate them from the group. Conclusions: They are easy to breed and reproduce dinosaurs, the only flaw remains the micro food to be much and varied. Not always, from newbies, you are able to hold certain farming rhythms and insect reproduction, then you might think to buy it from time to time, but it is somewhat risky, because not always the suppliers have pinheads and not always sold colonies (of various insects) in full of flickering. For example ordering beetle colonies of beans is likely to receive jars full of beans and eggs, but with ten adults .. which, in an emergency, it is not much help! So they have dinosaurs easy, but first think about food: you'll have to raise various insettini, must always be available and especially in large quantities. a well-fed insect will provide a good meal for our reptiles, insects are what they eat so choose accordingly. NB When using the one with D3 obviously do not give pure calcium. It 'also a good idea to leave a saucer, or sprinkle a rock / cork with Calcium + D3, available in the casket .. females and young people will use it willingly. Sessaggio: The males begin to distinguish at about 5-7 months of life, the tail looks thickened at the base, because of the emipeni locations. Females on the other hand have no bulge. Another feature is the body size, males are more slender companions, who instead have a bit 'of bacon and axillary fat reserves. Bruma: The haze is expected to last around six weeks maximum, with temperatures around 16 °, some haze at 10 ° but it is quite dangerous with such small animals. The specimens should be fed well in the period prior to the mist, after which it starts to gradually decrease temperature and light, once they have reached the 30 degrees of maximum need to stop feeding the specimens, which will thus have the time to digest and defecate l ' last meal. Usually you start to gradually decrease the photoperiod and temperature in December and, after six weeks in a cool, the temperatures are restored towards the end of February, more gradually. Breeding and Reproduction: They are early dinosaurs, live relatively little (5 years on average) and reach sexual maturity at 6 months of life, but it is much better to wait at least 11 months before you make matches. More males can live together, but they must have at least one female head, to avoid quarrels during courtship. Obviously being living things are not all the same, captain of the shyest and most bullies, watching for dangerous behavior (ie specimens that eat little, are hidden .. or alcontrario specimens that bother the shrine companions) it is best to divide the 'weak exemplary or that too impetuous; Sometimes you just need to remove them for a medium to long term, in the next reintroduction usually things are better. Once the specimens in our possession will be mature, they will begin to notice the courtship (head bobbing and parades around the female) and subsequently the pair, a bit 'rough but not dangerous. The male, as in many species of lizards, grabs the female by the neck skin and, if available, from the beginning to the copula. Gestation lasts about 6 weeks, the female will become more plump and 15 days before the deposition, the coloring of the head will turn from red to gray, while a week before the deposition will begin excavations. In this phase, take care to wet the sand in areas where the female digs more assiduously, because there will be that at the end will spawn. Other imminent deposition signals are poor appetite and "bumps" in the abdomen depending on the positions where lies down. Usually they lay from 5 to 8 eggs, in one of the excavated tunnel (what it deems most suitable for humidity and temperature) and then cover the whole to perfection, so be careful to remember the location of all holes, a good asoluzione would be to photograph the terrarium, to have a kind of map! A female who has just taken down very well known, will appear with the sunken abdomen, can take effect this aspect of corners, but within one day resurface a bit 'of bacon and will recover well. After the deposition and during the following days offer plenty of food and well integrated, because the eggs take away a lot of calcium reserves. On average they lay 4-5 times a year, at a distance of 4-6 weeks apart. Eggs and incubation: Eggs are elongated, but a soft-shelled hard-boiled, less than 1 cm long and a nice bright white. They should be taken lightly, as soon as the female has covered the tunnel and moved away. The ideal is to dig with their fingers, very gently and once reached, helping with a spoon will be easier to recover them without damaging them. I nightmare of perlite, perlite do not look at the relationship: water, bathroom simply under the stream of water (warm) tap water, do drain well in a colander and then put it back in an airtight container for food, non-perforated. The eggs should be lying in the gutter, so it does not roll, spaced from each other as much as possible (never less than 1 cm between the one and the other), as well temperatures ranging from 27 to 29 degrees, humidity 80-90% . With each passing day, the fertile egg will grow in volume and become quite rounded, that is, take the classic egg shape; sterile ones (already ugly at first sight being yellowish or with odd-shaped) or damaged instead will not increase in volume, but will deteriorate; They will then removed. To avoid the condensation dripping on eggs can put a thickness under one side of the incubation box, so that the droplets do not fall "rain" but slipping along the cover until you get to touch an edge, finally ricolando in perlite. At a temperature of 27-28 degrees my have started to hatch around the 50th day. From 1 to 2 days before hatching, the eggs will begin to sweat, will coat ie internal liquid droplets (transparent) and decrease of volume. The second stage involves the formation of nicks in one of the egg and ends shortly thereafter will see tick the nose of the unborn child. With her head off can also be more than 24 hours, DO NOT FEEL absolutely, 100% when they are ready to voluntarily abandon the egg. From the first output of the last born may take 2-3 days, do not worry everything is normal. Babies: The babies are really beautiful and tiny (3-4 cm maximum nose-tip of the tail), perfect miniatures of the parents, born with a discreet vest and for the first few days, usually 1-2, do not feed because they have to still dispose the internal yolk sac. Just come out from the egg transfer them in a box with damp paper towel as the bottom and leave them in the incubator until they begin to wander. Once you are recovered from the fatigues of birth, them move to a Spartan box, previously prepared and already in temperature, furnished with sand (a just finger and advances), a cork bark or cartons for eggs, two bowls for water (in a cold and in a hot zone) and a few sprigs. How to use lamps one spot and a compact UVB to 5% (it is very close to the small, the 10% could not do well in infants) Nebulizzo 2 times per day the cork and often directly piccolini (always with warm water), a another method may be to drop droplets with a syringe, needle, on the head of each puppy. The food is the same as the only further scaled-parents, itegrazioni and the availability of calcium remain the same. At first they will be very interested exclusively to insects, so it is best to introduce vegetables in the diet is to mix such as beetles of beans with vegetable confetti, the movement will push them to also enjoy it (choose vibrant colors to get you started: red, yellow, orange, dark green) by mistake or out of curiosity, usually after a few days of hesitation they will eat it without fuss. It 'better to provide food 3-4 times a day in small amounts rather than in a single solution, so they can feed all insects are few free for the shrine. They grow very fast, so be careful to always provide adequate UVB (remember that after about 6-7 months to be replaced) and the appropriate calcium supplements and calcium + D3. The pups of the same brood may be held together as long as they are all the same size and there are not too timid specimens or impetuous, in this case better to separate them from the group. Conclusions: They are easy to breed and reproduce dinosaurs, the only flaw remains the micro food to be much and varied. Not always, from newbies, you are able to hold certain farming rhythms and insect reproduction, then you might think to buy it from time to time, but it is somewhat risky, because not always the suppliers have pinheads and not always sold colonies (of various insects) in full of flickering. For example ordering beetle colonies of beans is likely to receive jars full of beans and eggs, but with ten adults .. which, in an emergency, it is not much help! So they have dinosaurs easy, but first think about food: you'll have to raise various insettini, must always be available and especially in large quantities. a well-fed insect will provide a good meal for our reptiles, insects are what they eat so choose accordingly. NB When using the one with D3 obviously do not give pure calcium. It 'also a good idea to leave a saucer, or sprinkle a rock / cork with Calcium + D3, available in the casket .. females and young people will use it willingly. Sessaggio: The males begin to distinguish at about 5-7 months of life, the tail looks thickened at the base, because of the emipeni locations. Females on the other hand have no bulge. Another feature is the body size, males are more slender companions, who instead have a bit 'of bacon and axillary fat reserves. Bruma: The haze is expected to last around six weeks maximum, with temperatures around 16 °, some haze at 10 ° but it is quite dangerous with such small animals. The specimens should be fed well in the period prior to the mist, after which it starts to gradually decrease temperature and light, once they have reached the 30 degrees of maximum need to stop feeding the specimens, which will thus have the time to digest and defecate l ' last meal. Usually you start to gradually decrease the photoperiod and temperature in December and, after six weeks in a cool, the temperatures are restored towards the end of February, more gradually. Breeding and Reproduction: They are early dinosaurs, live relatively little (5 years on average) and reach sexual maturity at 6 months of life, but it is much better to wait at least 11 months before you make matches. More males can live together, but they must have at least one female head, to avoid quarrels during courtship. Obviously being living things are not all the same, captain of the shyest and most bullies, watching for dangerous behavior (ie specimens that eat little, are hidden .. or alcontrario specimens that bother the shrine companions) it is best to divide the 'weak exemplary or that too impetuous; Sometimes you just need to remove them for a medium to long term, in the next reintroduction usually things are better. Once the specimens in our possession will be mature, they will begin to notice the courtship (head bobbing and parades around the female) and subsequently the pair, a bit 'rough but not dangerous. The male, as in many species of lizards, grabs the female by the neck skin and, if available, from the beginning to the copula. Gestation lasts about 6 weeks, the female will become more plump and 15 days before the deposition, the coloring of the head will turn from red to gray, while a week before the deposition will begin excavations. In this phase, take care to wet the sand in areas where the female digs more assiduously, because there will be that at the end will spawn. Other imminent deposition signals are poor appetite and "bumps" in the abdomen depending on the positions where lies down. Usually they lay from 5 to 8 eggs, in one of the excavated tunnel (what it deems most suitable for humidity and temperature) and then cover the whole to perfection, so be careful to remember the location of all holes, a good asoluzione would be to photograph the terrarium, to have a kind of map! A female who has just taken down very well known, will appear with the sunken abdomen, can take effect this aspect of corners, but within one day resurface a bit 'of bacon and will recover well. After the deposition and during the following days offer plenty of food and well integrated, because the eggs take away a lot of calcium reserves. On average they lay 4-5 times a year, at a distance of 4-6 weeks apart. Eggs and incubation: Eggs are elongated, but a soft-shelled hard-boiled, less than 1 cm long and a nice bright white. They should be taken lightly, as soon as the female has covered the tunnel and moved away. The ideal is to dig with their fingers, very gently and once reached, helping with a spoon will be easier to recover them without damaging them. I nightmare of perlite, perlite do not look at the relationship: water, bathroom simply under the stream of water (warm) tap water, do drain well in a colander and then put it back in an airtight container for food, non-perforated. The eggs should be lying in the gutter, so it does not roll, spaced from each other as much as possible (never less than 1 cm between the one and the other), as well temperatures ranging from 27 to 29 degrees, humidity 80-90% . With each passing day, the fertile egg will grow in volume and become quite rounded, that is, take the classic egg shape; sterile ones (already ugly at first sight being yellowish or with odd-shaped) or damaged instead will not increase in volume, but will deteriorate; They will then removed. To avoid the condensation dripping on eggs can put a thickness under one side of the incubation box, so that the droplets do not fall "rain" but slipping along the cover until you get to touch an edge, finally ricolando in perlite. At a temperature of 27-28 degrees my have started to hatch around the 50th day. From 1 to 2 days before hatching, the eggs will begin to sweat, will coat ie internal liquid droplets (transparent) and decrease of volume. The second stage involves the formation of nicks in one of the egg and ends shortly thereafter will see tick the nose of the unborn child. With her head off can also be more than 24 hours, DO NOT FEEL absolutely, 100% when they are ready to voluntarily abandon the egg. From the first output of the last born may take 2-3 days, do not worry everything is normal. Babies: The babies are really beautiful and tiny (3-4 cm maximum nose-tip of the tail), perfect miniatures of the parents, born with a discreet vest and for the first few days, usually 1-2, do not feed because they have to still dispose the internal yolk sac. Just come out from the egg transfer them in a box with damp paper towel as the bottom and leave them in the incubator until they begin to wander. Once you are recovered from the fatigues of birth, them move to a Spartan box, previously prepared and already in temperature, furnished with sand (a just finger and advances), a cork bark or cartons for eggs, two bowls for water (in a cold and in a hot zone) and a few sprigs. How to use lamps one spot and a compact UVB to 5% (it is very close to the small, the 10% could not do well in infants) Nebulizzo 2 times per day the cork and often directly piccolini (always with warm water), a another method may be to drop droplets with a syringe, needle, on the head of each puppy. The food is the same as the only further scaled-parents, itegrazioni and the availability of calcium remain the same. At first they will be very interested exclusively to insects, so it is best to introduce vegetables in the diet is to mix such as beetles of beans with vegetable confetti, the movement will push them to also enjoy it (choose vibrant colors to get you started: red, yellow, orange, dark green) by mistake or out of curiosity, usually after a few days of hesitation they will eat it without fuss. It 'better to provide food 3-4 times a day in small amounts rather than in a single solution, so they can feed all insects are few free for the shrine. They grow very fast, so be careful to always provide adequate UVB (remember that after about 6-7 months to be replaced) and the appropriate calcium supplements and calcium + D3. The pups of the same brood may be held together as long as they are all the same size and there are not too timid specimens or impetuous, in this case better to separate them from the group. Conclusions: They are easy to breed and reproduce dinosaurs, the only flaw remains the micro food to be much and varied. Not always, from newbies, you are able to hold certain farming rhythms and insect reproduction, then you might think to buy it from time to time, but it is somewhat risky, because not always the suppliers have pinheads and not always sold colonies (of various insects) in full of flickering. For example ordering beetle colonies of beans is likely to receive jars full of beans and eggs, but with ten adults .. which, in an emergency, it is not much help! So they have dinosaurs easy, but first think about food: you'll have to raise various insettini, must always be available and especially in large quantities.

Male 

Female

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http://www.terrasauria.net/Agamen/Taubagamen3.html 
http://www.terraon.de/haltungsberichte-weitere-agamenarten/42128-care-sheet-tympanocryptis-tetraporophora.html 
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- Tympanocryptis tetraporophora :

  Lucas & Frost, 1895

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Common names :

D: Australian Taubagame 
E: Long-tailed Earless Dragon 

 

distribution and habitat :

 

The spreading area of Tympanocryptis tetraporophora covers the bulk of Australia: 
Western Australia, 
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

 

There they live in steppes and stone-, sand-deserts. Hard sandy, earthy soils, grassland, small shrubs like 
trees and stone ruins are inhabited by them.

Description, classification, and gender differences :

 

Through the hidden tympanum (tympanic membrane) hidden under the shed, 
the German name Taubagame was given to them. 
The basic coloring ranges from a light brown, gray to an intense crimson, 
the belly side is colored white / beige. 
The tail as well as the tail neck has a dark 
crossborder regardless of the age . 
Wild animals have three white lines, which are interrupted several times and which run from the head to the tip of the tail. 
The white lines / spots are surrounded by dark (brown, black) dyed scales.

In the morning hours, cooled down, or in confrontations with fellow sufferers such as stress, dyed 
scales dye on the underside of belly and head dark (speckled). 

 

T. tetraporophora has a round, bulky body, whereas the extremities are delicate. The round head is clear from the body. T. tetraporophora has a GL of up to 14-15 cm, half of it falls on the tail. 

 

Male animals are distinguished from females by the thickened tail root and their hemiplegia after 5-7 months of life. 
Another distinguishing feature during the mating season is the gray heads of females.

behavior :

 

These day-active agamas are particularly characterized by their active nature. Branches, tree trunks, plants, projections and many other furnishings are extensively used for jumping or as a tread. This active behavior can only develop in medium to large terrariums. 

 

Taubagamen are peaceful agamas and can be kept in small groups with a male and several females. Only the males are strongly territorial. When 2, x animals are kept, the male agamas are subjected to battles, injuries and oppression of the weaker Agame. 
The females are only limited in their territorial form, tolerate themselves without problems and are only aggressive during pregnancy and shortly before as well as after egg laying.

During the courtship or the possession of new territory, the males nod like a jerk, and the females quit these gestures with appeasing waving the anterior extremities.

 

Some animals tolerate hardly any stress, make up the feed intake and can end up as a consequence. 

 

In the case of younger pigeons, I could observe that in the region of throat and throat, they gave a vibration and thus a very quiet buzz. Why they showed this behavior instead of tearing open the mouth and threatening, I can not explain.

 

trimming :

 

Keeping Taubagamen: There are no problems due to incompatibility with other members of the family. The animals are also loners in their natural habitat and only look for the other sex during the mating season. 
Only the courtship behavior and the subsequent copulation, such as the raising of young animals, are denied to the owner of these agamas during a knit individuality (even during the mating season). Besatz 

 

of 1, x: In large-scale terrariums with sufficient retreat, climbing possibilities and large activity area, an attitude of 1, x Agamen is possible. Because of the establishment, the animals do not have to look and can retreat. During the mating season is a separation of the sexes, Due to the females severely stressed by the males. Seizure 

 

of x, 0: Several male animals can not be tolerated! In their natural environment they have enough evasive possibilities and can withdraw themselves from the fellow-species. In our small terrarium, this is often very limited, which can quickly lead to a suppression of the weaker animal. 

 

Stocking of 0, x: The female Taubagamen usually tolerate without problems, exceptions occur again and again. During the mating season the females can still produce unfertilised eggs. Care should be taken to ensure adequate calcium as vitamins. The course of the gestation of the agamas should also be closely followed,

 

nutrition :

 

Taubagamen mainly feed on insects, while greenfeed is consumed in isolation.

 

They have a markedly higher fluid demand than the P. vitticeps I have observed so far, and are daily consuming water - not only through green fodder and live animals - by water droplets from the terrarium or water from a flat dish.

 

The agamas laid themselves on the wet ground, pressed their bodies against this and lick the water.

live food :

 

Taubagamen from:

 

  • 0-8 months are fed daily

  • 8-12 months are fed every other day

  • 12 months are fed depending on the size of the feed animals such as amount, every second to third day

These little agamas are greedy feeders, they fight for their prey and rob them of their kind. If live fodder is offered, the feeding should always be under supervision. Non-eaten fodder animals are taken from the terrarium to avoid the risk of injury to the agamas by the insects. Shepherds, crickets and many other animal feeds can aggravate the agamas at night and seriously injure them. 

 

Aphids, beetle beetles, fruit flies, etc. are put into the terrarium in small doses, where they are then greedily grabbed by the agamas. 
 

Different cockroach species, young crickets, crickets, young grasshoppers, aphids, oven fish, beetle beetles, fruit flies, spiders, meadow plankton, flies, and much more.

 

Vegetable nutrition :

 

The plants, torn to small pieces, and thus prepared for the agamas, are to be offered daily, if the deaf women adopt them. It was observed by me that the agamen were eating the tops and young leaves of Haworthia attenuta .

 

For more detailed information on the green list, please see ... [ Vegetable Nutrition & Green Feeding List ]

 

Hibernation :

 

2-3 months before the winter rest, the last sample of faeces is submitted in order to carry out a possible treatment phase before winter. 
 

The agamas overwinter for about 2-4 months at 8 ° - 15 ° C. If these temperatures are not reached, the agamas can be taken out and wintered in boxes with sand / clay substrate and hiding in the cellar. 
The lighting is reduced to 7-8 hours until the animals enter the winter rest by themselves. After these 2-4 months, the lighting time is prolonged and the temperatures are slightly increased. 
Awakening the agamas from the winter rest, soon the courtship and the terrarium begin to reawaken.

Courtship, mating & rearing :

 

The males advertise after the winter rest in the spring by violent nodding around the female agamas. They are traced across the male terrarium. By a neck bite, the female is fixed and the male pushes his cloaca sideways below that of the female. The copulation is then carried out for a few seconds. 

 

If the male exerts too much stress on the females, they must be separated from each other. Particularly in front of the oviposition the males should be removed from the terrarium, whereby the female agamas can rest their eggs. 
Several scraps are distributed over the year. 

 

After a period of 5-6 weeks the females bury 4-10 soft-shelled eggs (6-9 mm) into a moist substrate up to 20-35 cm deep. After storage, the eggs are carefully removed from the terrarium and transferred to an incubator. It is important to ensure that the eggs are not rotated quickly or jerkily about their own axis or subjected to strong vibrations . 
Before, during the mating period, egg laying and weeks later, the females are increasingly fed with rich feed and calcium supplements. 
Avoid overdosing!

 

The egg formation removes calcium from the female body, as well as the risk of under-supply of the female animal, deformations occurring or non-viable young animals. 
 

For a successful incubation a temperature of approx. 29 ° C is recommended. After 45-55 days hatch the 3-4 cm large Agamen. 

 


The young Taubagamen are kept in a separate rearing terrarium, separated from the parents. So far no problems with the ingestion of sand could be found. The young animals are provided with oven fish, aphids, microclips, freshly hatched flourworms, .... Ensure adequate water supply. 

 

After approximately 3-5 months the animals are separated and kept in small groups of 2-3 animals until the sexes can be recognized.

 

 

minimum requirements :

 

- Minimum requirements for keeping in Germany:

 

 

- Minimum requirements for the attitude in Austria:

 

Tympanocryptis tetraporophora (Taubagamen) are not included in the minimum requirements in Austria.
 

Terrarium / equipment (LxWxH cm)

 

Tympanocryptis tetraporophora are maintained in dry, steppe, sand / stone desert terrariums. Despite their small size, they can not choose too small a terrarium due to their activity. Smaller terrariums than 80x60x80 cm for 1.1 are not recommended.

 

For further information on the terrarium construction of Taubagamen you will find in the chapter ... [ Terrarium construction for T. tetraporophora ]

Facility :

 

Due to their active nature they need structured back walls as well as enough climbing possibilities in the form of branches, roots, plants, stone constructions, cork bends / pipes. 
Cooling options such as caves, cork pipes, barks must be available.

 

A shallow water bowl with daily fresh water, where the animals can satisfy their fluid requirements, must not be missing.

substratum :

 

The soil substrate should consist of a hard soil / sand / clay mixture or a brown wall sand and be filled 10 - 15 cm. During the mating season, a sand cave of at least 25-30 cm is offered and slightly moistened. The animals dig long caves in which they lay their eggs. 
The agamas can also dig caves and smaller tunnels, outside the mating season, in which they seek shelter from heat.

 

planting :

 

The planting can consist of several steppe grasses, which withstand the high temperatures. 
Living stones, Aloe and Sanseveria, Haworthia, ... 

 

Another variant, which has proven itself very well, is to attach dried grasses / branches of forest and meadow by means of PU foam and putties in small pots / dishes and placed in the terrarium. Likewise dried grass, reed, tree lichen and roots can be used for this purpose. It provides protection and looks decorative to the human eye.

However, plants are not absolutely necessary.

 

 

( Terrarium measurements for 0.3 T. tetraporophora (L x T x H): 160 x 70 x 90 cm ... [ Terrarium construction for T. tetraporophora ])

lighting :

 

Taubagamen possesses equally high light requirements as well as many other Australian heliophile lizards. 
A normal lighting with only a few spots and neon lamps is not enough to meet their needs for brightness and heat. 

 

For each animal, a spotlight is installed at different heights of the terrarium. Taubagamen like to sunbathe at elevated viewpoints from where they overlook their area.

 

A lamp supply look as follows (depending on terrarium variable): 
2-4 HQI / HCI / CDM 70-150 watts and / or 
eyelets (suitable for rearing terrarium with insufficient height for HQI / HCI / CDM) 
Multiple Spots 35-100 Watt 
UV sources 

 

UV illumination ( different variants ) 
Osram Vitalux 300 
Bright Sun UV Desert 
T-Rex UV Heat radiator

 

Climatic conditions :

 

In addition to the basic temperatures and sunspots, do not forget to mention other cool retreats (20 ° -23 ° C)! They can be offered in the form of caves, bark pieces, cork pipes or stone constructions. 

 

Summer: day 25 ° - 32 ° C / night 18 ° - 20 ° C 
Winter: day 7 ° - 15 ° C / night 6 ° - 10 ° C 
(assuming winter rest) 

 

Local values ​​(places of sun): 35 ° - 50 ° C

 

humidity :

 

During the day the humidity is about 30-50%. During the night the humidity can rise. 
In the morning the terrarium is additionally moistened by spraying. The animals lick the water drops from the furnishings and cover their water requirements.

 

literature :

 

Ackermann, T. (2006): Use of a winter garden as terrarium location for a desertarium. Part 2: Tympanocryptis tetraporophora. Münster: Nature and Animal Publishing, Reptilia (60): pp. 62-67.

Ackermann, T. & Fritz, P. (2006): Australian Taubagamen Tympanocryptis tetraporophora. Iguana Circular 19 (1): pp. 17-28.

Barts, M. & Wilms, T. (2003). The agamas of the world. Münster: Nature and Animal Publishing, Draco 4 (14): S. 4-23.

Müller, Hans D. (1998): The Australian Agame Tympanocryptis tetraporophora in terrarium. Rheinbach: Elaphe 6 (4): pp. 2-6.

Müller (2003-2): The Agamas of the World by Mirko Barts & Tomas Wilms. Münster: Nature and Animal Publishing, Draco 4 (14).

 

 

Foreign language literature :

 

Cogger, HG (2000). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.

Greenbaum, E. 2000. Herpetofaunal observations in disparate habitats in south Sustralia, New South Wales, and queensland, Australia. Herpetological Bulletin (72): pp. 6-16.

Greer, AE and S. Smith 1999. Aspects of the morphology and reproductive biology of the Australian earless dragon lizard Tympanocryptis tetraporophora. Australian Zoologist 31 (1): p. 1-16.

Mitchell, FJ 1948. A revision of the lacertilian genus Tympanocryptis. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. (9): p. 57-86.

Smith WJS .; Osborne WS .; Donnellan SC. & Cooper PD. (1999): The systematic status of earless dragon lizards, Tympanocryptis (Reptilia: Agamidae), in south-eastern Australia. Austr. J. Zoology (47): pp. 551-564.

Storr, GM (1982): Taxonomic notes on the genus Tympanocryptis Peters (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 10 (1): pp. 61-66.

Agamidae :  Introduction 

Agamidae Species : Africa  -  Asia  -  Australia & Papua new guinea

-   Species and subfamilies list :   (  Papua New Guinea  ) 

 

- Genus :   Hypsilurus         Part 1   Part 2

-   Species and subfamilies list :   (  Papua New Guinea  ) 

 

- Genus :   Hypsilurus         Part 1   Part 2

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