Lizards are the cold-blooded alternative in nature, with strange appearances, some people think it is very ugly, but in fact, most of them are very gentle. Sometimes, their movements are also funny and cute. At present, more and more people in China raise lizards as climbing pets, and their popularity is rising. So which varieties are the most common and popular popular kings? Let's take a look.
Color-changing tree lizards
Color-changing tree lizard: large head and small eyes, light brown or gray body, 5-6 black-brown or transverse spots on the back, and dark and light rings on the tail. The body color is changeable, and the male's head and even the back are all bright red during the reproductive season. It has no teeth and eats in the same way it devours its prey in its entirety.
Wild in the forest, the market is relatively rare, with brown-black markings, large head, developed limbs, body color is changeable, very beautiful.
Lisaurus Lizard
Liwen dragon lizard: is one of the most common and most sold pet lizard breeds in the domestic market, the Liwen dragon lizard on the market is from the wild, all belong to the wild illegal collection. Because the market is mostly wild, it is more sensitive. Its gorgeous shell and name, with the "love" of human beings for them, are gradually moving towards extinction.
The most common domestic lizard crawling pet in the pet market is quite popular because of its small size, active personality, strong adaptability, simple feeding, and low price. There is no artificial batch breeding, so wild populations face a lot of pressure.
Red-eyed eagle lizard
Red-eyed eagle lizard: dark brown in body color, yellow-brown on the ventral surface, orange markings around the eyes, and looks like two large red eyes on the front, which has the function of intimidating predators and is also the origin of its name. Its helmet-like head has a mouth similar to a bird's beak. There are four columns of protruding scales on the back, and glands on the feet and abdomen.
Although the popularity is high, it is relatively rare in the domestic market.
Chinese water dragon
Chinese water dragon: the appearance is more similar to that of the green iguana, there is a row of extremely developed iguanas in the middle of the dorsal ridge, the body color is dark to light green, the abdomen is white or light yellow, and the body color can change with the environment and the intensity of light. Temperament is very docile, if properly taken care of, can be very healthy and beautiful. It is ideal if you like to keep docile and swimmer lizards.
The scales begin at the neck and reach the mid-tail segment, and are all erect when disturbed. Extremely docile, does not bite, coupled with large size, but also a domestic lizard, very suitable for domestic pet lovers to breed.
Maned lion lizard
Maned lion lizard: One of the most common pet lizard breeds on the market, with a thick body, the neck, back and abdomen are covered with spiny scales, and when threatened, it can bluff by opening its mouth to show the bright colors in its mouth or bulging and prickly jaw whiskers to intimidate enemies or opponents and protect yourself. Although this way of selling evil is somewhat ugly, it has attracted countless fans for it.
Frog-eye keeper
Frog-Eyed Shougu: One of the three most common pet lizards on the market, the other two are green iguanas and maned lion lizards. Stout body and quick movement. Due to the low difficulty of breeding, cute form, gentle temperament, coupled with the low price, it is deeply loved by reptile lovers, and it is also the most suitable entry palace for novices. Food can be fed to bread worms, grasshoppers, clams and so on.
Green iguanas
Green iguana: Often referred to as IG, it is the most popular reptile pet lizard in the United States. Due to the large demand for pet markets, countries in South America have large-scale specialized farms for artificial breeding, and are one of the largest lizard species in production and sales. The United States imports a large number of farms from Central and South America every year, and it can be found in almost every pet store.
It is a large lizard, the juvenile is bright green, and the adult body is gray-green, which is very beautiful. Nowadays, the enthusiasm of domestic enthusiasts for it is also heating up. It grows quickly, requires a lot of space to keep, and is a completely vegetarian pet lizard breed.
Big gecko
Gecko: The world's 2nd largest gecko lizard, brightly colored, is a very popular pet, but the temperament is very fierce, not easy to get started. The tail can cut itself off and regenerate, but there are no wart scales on the regenerated tail, which can be easily identified. Because it can make ga-ge sounds, it is commonly known as clams in China.
The dorsal ventral surface is slightly flattened, the head is larger, flattened triangular, like the head of a toad, and is popular because of its large size and full of patterns. Can be medicated, wild individuals are national second-level protected animals.
High-crowned chameleon
High-crowned chameleon: Named after the skull plate that towers high into the crown. Its high crown, known to adventurers as the Earl, is said to have been used to collect moisture in the desert night fog. Most of the high-crowned chameleons that appear on the market are artificially bred individuals, which can adapt well to the artificial environment and reproduce relatively easily, so it is a well-deserved entry-level chameleon breed.
The high crown of the male is larger. The left and right eyes can move independently, looking in different directions, the eyes are independently focused, and after the prey appears, the two eyes turn to the prey at the same time, which is very magical. It is very sought-after in the pet market, but the price is also relatively high.
Leopard-print palace
Leopard Pattern Palace: Very beautiful reptile, the world's most popular pet gecko, is also one of the most popular crawling pets, has been artificially bred many variants. The body has purple-brown and bright yellow banded stripes. There are two basic colors of leopard prints commonly found on the market: primary color and high yellow.
Wild in heath and grassland areas, it rises day and night and feeds on insects. As a pet, it is docile, small in size, easy to raise, and the requirements for the environment are not high, which is very in line with the needs of pet climbing enthusiasts.
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