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Additional notes on requirements of captive whiptail lizards ( Cnemidophorus ), with emphasis on ultraviolet radiation
Author(s) -
Townsend Carol R.,
Cole Charles J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
zoo biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1098-2361
pISSN - 0733-3188
DOI - 10.1002/zoo.1430040106
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , animal husbandry , lizard , parthenogenesis , ecology , fishery , agriculture , embryo
Since 1972 we have maintained a colony of parthenogenetic Cnemidophorus exsanguis , which has reached the seventh generation in our laboratory. This paper reports improved husbandry techniques that allow maintenance of healthy, reproducing colonies of this and additional species of Cnemidophorus. In addition, aspects of the physiology of calcium regulation and metabolic bone disease are discussed in relation to the captive rearing of lizards through many generations.