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I have recently aquired an eastern water dragon which was captured and removed from my neighbours garden!
I think it's a sub-adult (~120 SVL), and not certain of the sex (has a very small amount of pale red on the chest below the neck).

Anyway, I'd be grateful if anyone could provide any information regarding diet and whether the animal can be kept in an outdoor enclosure year-round?
I have tried mealworms (and beetles), dog roll, lettuce, dandelions (flowers and leaves), grated carrot, and banana. She ate the mealworms and a piece of dog roll.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers]]>
I have recently aquired an eastern water dragon which was captured and removed from my neighbours garden!
I think it's a sub-adult (~120 SVL), and not certain of the sex (has a very small amount of pale red on the chest below the neck).

Anyway, I'd be grateful if anyone could provide any information regarding diet and whether the animal can be kept in an outdoor enclosure year-round?
I have tried mealworms (and beetles), dog roll, lettuce, dandelions (flowers and leaves), grated carrot, and banana. She ate the mealworms and a piece of dog roll.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5180 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:19:38 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5180 I've recently acquired a permit to keep common gecko, green gecko, or common skink from DoC. I was a member of the Herp. Soc. many years ago when I was a zoology student at Auckland Uni, where I kept and bred the common gecko. Now I live in Nelson and have kids and want to keep and rear some for the family to enjoy. If there are any members in the Nelson Marlborough region with spare animals, I would much appreciate hearing from you.

Regards... Sean.]]> I've recently acquired a permit to keep common gecko, green gecko, or common skink from DoC. I was a member of the Herp. Soc. many years ago when I was a zoology student at Auckland Uni, where I kept and bred the common gecko. Now I live in Nelson and have kids and want to keep and rear some for the family to enjoy. If there are any members in the Nelson Marlborough region with spare animals, I would much appreciate hearing from you.

Regards... Sean.]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5178 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:37:50 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5178 Pretty sure there is only one species they could be but what do you think? Images on the net seem to be pretty scarce on these.



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Something that may be worth of note is I've used rose bush clippings and branches as a kind of scaffolding to build up topsoil on what was otherwise a bare clay bank. This seems to be benificial in that it keeps all the mammals away, even birds are unhappy working in it ( they go a little further down where they can find bugs in the dirt ) So its skink city up in here these days!
I have deliberately left this rose bush growing along the fence line now to dissuade rats and mice using the top of the fence line as a highway as I have wittnessed them doing on neighbouring properties.]]> Pretty sure there is only one species they could be but what do you think? Images on the net seem to be pretty scarce on these.



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Something that may be worth of note is I've used rose bush clippings and branches as a kind of scaffolding to build up topsoil on what was otherwise a bare clay bank. This seems to be benificial in that it keeps all the mammals away, even birds are unhappy working in it ( they go a little further down where they can find bugs in the dirt ) So its skink city up in here these days!
I have deliberately left this rose bush growing along the fence line now to dissuade rats and mice using the top of the fence line as a highway as I have wittnessed them doing on neighbouring properties.]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5155 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:49:12 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5155
Cheers]]>
Cheers]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5141 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:43:31 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5141


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All the best ....]]>
All the best ....]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=3548 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:05:36 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=3548 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2279 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:43:19 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2279
We dont' have alot of experience field herping (alaska limits that) . We do have common sense. We wont' touch anything.

Can you offer advice where to go in Northland to find wild herps and what sort we will find? We promise not to touch anything. After australia (we will be returning from there) where everything is poisonous as hell, we won't want to!

Thanks in advance for any advice you have to offer?]]>
We dont' have alot of experience field herping (alaska limits that) . We do have common sense. We wont' touch anything.

Can you offer advice where to go in Northland to find wild herps and what sort we will find? We promise not to touch anything. After australia (we will be returning from there) where everything is poisonous as hell, we won't want to!

Thanks in advance for any advice you have to offer?]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2273 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:27:08 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2273


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Frog Frenzy
Meet our real live native frogs and hear how to protect them from the experts! Live displays and presentations from frog researchers.
Cost $6.90 pp
Tuesday 26 July 11am & 2pm]]>
Frog Frenzy
Meet our real live native frogs and hear how to protect them from the experts! Live displays and presentations from frog researchers.
Cost $6.90 pp
Tuesday 26 July 11am & 2pm]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2256 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:20:06 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2256 http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_N...4d7e0.html

(Thanks to Nic D for sharing!)]]> http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_N...4d7e0.html

(Thanks to Nic D for sharing!)]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2251 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:56:48 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2251
I am a German Veterinarian and my main interest are reptiles. I am in NZ for almost 5 years and have been introduced to the New Zealand reptile fauna through my research partner John Perrott who has been working with native birds before.

We are writing an article about the skink population in Mokoia Island, lake Rotorua.
It would be very helpful to gain some more knowlege about the life history of Oligosoma infrapunctatum. If anyone could give me some detailed information about
- size at birth
- size/age at first mating
- maximal age
- preferred food
- parasites

That would be really helpful for us to interprete our data collection.

Thank you
Sabina]]>
I am a German Veterinarian and my main interest are reptiles. I am in NZ for almost 5 years and have been introduced to the New Zealand reptile fauna through my research partner John Perrott who has been working with native birds before.

We are writing an article about the skink population in Mokoia Island, lake Rotorua.
It would be very helpful to gain some more knowlege about the life history of Oligosoma infrapunctatum. If anyone could give me some detailed information about
- size at birth
- size/age at first mating
- maximal age
- preferred food
- parasites

That would be really helpful for us to interprete our data collection.

Thank you
Sabina]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2246 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:19:26 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=2246
I'm sure I read at some stage about geckos (Goldstripe geckos?) being killed when roundup was applied to the plant they were living on. I'll have a look at my stash of previous years' Moko, but if anyone can remember this event, or has observed anything similar themselves, I'd love to hear about it.]]>
I'm sure I read at some stage about geckos (Goldstripe geckos?) being killed when roundup was applied to the plant they were living on. I'll have a look at my stash of previous years' Moko, but if anyone can remember this event, or has observed anything similar themselves, I'd love to hear about it.]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=194 Tue, 10 May 2011 23:22:21 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=194
Phone 03 217 3208
Fax 03 217 2309
Email east.road.pets@xtra.co.nz

If you wish to trade exotic reptiles, go to the NZ Reptile Forum or to Trade Me.]]>
Phone 03 217 3208
Fax 03 217 2309
Email east.road.pets@xtra.co.nz

If you wish to trade exotic reptiles, go to the NZ Reptile Forum or to Trade Me.]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=179 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:12:33 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=179
Here is the latest Rainbow skink factsheet, hot of the press from the Department of Conservation.

Feel free to send the factsheet to anyone who may be interested.

Hard copies are available from your local DOC office.

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Feel free to send the factsheet to anyone who may be interested.

Hard copies are available from your local DOC office.

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The members forums seem to be quite heavily pre-segmented with no where for general discussions or new subjects / topics. Maybe someone can fill me in on that one?

Anyway I'm sure most of us are aware by now of the threat Rainbow skinks pose to native invertebrates and lizards alike. Examples like Hawaii demonstrate what may happen to a island country like NZ.
So I thought it would be in our best interests to collect any knowledge that people may have experienced personally about their habits and such.

Today I was partially surprised to see a Rainbow skink entering the domain of the gecko by climbing approximately 1.5 to 2 metres up a "Griselinia lucida" quivering his tail as he went, poking his head around the back of leaves sending plant hoppers flying. Higher and higher till he found one in reach, which he ate right in front of me at about head height. Ran to get my camera but he had finished it before I got back.
I was inside watching through a kitchen window so I often get to see them acting as though they think no-one is there.
What he ate was a mature Passionvine hopper which whilst not native would undoubtedly be a source of food for native gecko. I harvest them for my own geckos so now I know why I have to stand on a chair to reach the top branches as all the ones on lower branches have been eaten! After he had finished it he shimmied down the branch with his tail to one side for balance but also as a kind of sled. Incredible agility!

So unfortunately you have one alien organism sponsoring the life of others no doubt providing a rich source of energy for the alien invaders!

In the last news letter it was mentioned how a rainbow skink nest of 300 or more eggs was found and has anyone else ever found nests.
Well I have never found a nest but then I have not looked. However I have noticed on many occasions Rainbow skinks disappearing into the wall of my house under the weather boards. This alone might not raise any eyebrows but here is the clincher! They were entering the wall at the point where the mains power supply entered the house and leading up to the meter. Now if you ever put your hands on your mains cable ( or near by ) you may notice it is warm.
Now to me this would seem as though anywhere in New Zealand there is a house may provide suitable temperatures for a lizard looking for an environment closer to Australian conditions. Not to mention it would make a superb nursery for eggs. Something to keep in mind.

I have some wild Rainbow skink combat photos that would blow you away, unfortunately they are trapped on a corrupted hard drive. Had over 2000 Rainbow skink pics, all natural and I think I had 4-5 of an incredible battle I witnessed one day. Two on one, the shots capture an amazing confrontation. They look like Chinese dragons rearing up on their tails, grappling and biting, trying to claw each others eyes. If I remember correctly the battle lasted for several minutes with the photos showing that it was the same two skinks united against a third.
Ever since I have wondered what was going on? It doesn't appear as if it were two males trying to mate with a female, seemed more like they were just trying to beat up on the third one so maybe it would go away?
Biting right across the top of the head the stomach and side and even got a shot of one of them biting the hand/arm of number three. You can see some good compression of scales/ flesh on the body bites and the hand bites may have caused some broken bones but overall I don't think anything permanent would have came from it. These skinks are a bit like lands sharks swimming through the leaf litter, many of them have scars much like sharks from previous encounters.
I was watching from no more then a few feet away with no glass to hide behind but they seemed oblivious. Most lizard encounters are normally a nip from what I've seen with my own geckos but these skinks were in a all out two on one wrestling match.

I've been quoted around $900 to retrieve the data off my HDD which just kills me!]]>
The members forums seem to be quite heavily pre-segmented with no where for general discussions or new subjects / topics. Maybe someone can fill me in on that one?

Anyway I'm sure most of us are aware by now of the threat Rainbow skinks pose to native invertebrates and lizards alike. Examples like Hawaii demonstrate what may happen to a island country like NZ.
So I thought it would be in our best interests to collect any knowledge that people may have experienced personally about their habits and such.

Today I was partially surprised to see a Rainbow skink entering the domain of the gecko by climbing approximately 1.5 to 2 metres up a "Griselinia lucida" quivering his tail as he went, poking his head around the back of leaves sending plant hoppers flying. Higher and higher till he found one in reach, which he ate right in front of me at about head height. Ran to get my camera but he had finished it before I got back.
I was inside watching through a kitchen window so I often get to see them acting as though they think no-one is there.
What he ate was a mature Passionvine hopper which whilst not native would undoubtedly be a source of food for native gecko. I harvest them for my own geckos so now I know why I have to stand on a chair to reach the top branches as all the ones on lower branches have been eaten! After he had finished it he shimmied down the branch with his tail to one side for balance but also as a kind of sled. Incredible agility!

So unfortunately you have one alien organism sponsoring the life of others no doubt providing a rich source of energy for the alien invaders!

In the last news letter it was mentioned how a rainbow skink nest of 300 or more eggs was found and has anyone else ever found nests.
Well I have never found a nest but then I have not looked. However I have noticed on many occasions Rainbow skinks disappearing into the wall of my house under the weather boards. This alone might not raise any eyebrows but here is the clincher! They were entering the wall at the point where the mains power supply entered the house and leading up to the meter. Now if you ever put your hands on your mains cable ( or near by ) you may notice it is warm.
Now to me this would seem as though anywhere in New Zealand there is a house may provide suitable temperatures for a lizard looking for an environment closer to Australian conditions. Not to mention it would make a superb nursery for eggs. Something to keep in mind.

I have some wild Rainbow skink combat photos that would blow you away, unfortunately they are trapped on a corrupted hard drive. Had over 2000 Rainbow skink pics, all natural and I think I had 4-5 of an incredible battle I witnessed one day. Two on one, the shots capture an amazing confrontation. They look like Chinese dragons rearing up on their tails, grappling and biting, trying to claw each others eyes. If I remember correctly the battle lasted for several minutes with the photos showing that it was the same two skinks united against a third.
Ever since I have wondered what was going on? It doesn't appear as if it were two males trying to mate with a female, seemed more like they were just trying to beat up on the third one so maybe it would go away?
Biting right across the top of the head the stomach and side and even got a shot of one of them biting the hand/arm of number three. You can see some good compression of scales/ flesh on the body bites and the hand bites may have caused some broken bones but overall I don't think anything permanent would have came from it. These skinks are a bit like lands sharks swimming through the leaf litter, many of them have scars much like sharks from previous encounters.
I was watching from no more then a few feet away with no glass to hide behind but they seemed oblivious. Most lizard encounters are normally a nip from what I've seen with my own geckos but these skinks were in a all out two on one wrestling match.

I've been quoted around $900 to retrieve the data off my HDD which just kills me!]]> http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=164 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:50:13 +0000 http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=164