Hi. I’m ideally looking for a female Hossie but open to a sexed or unsexed pair. Happy to pay freight. If anyone has any available please let me know. Thanks.
Just looking for some feedback on recommended enclosure size for 2 Hosmer skinks.
NSW NPWS advises min 0.135m2 for 1, 0.2025 for 2.
But as we all know, some of their sizes are too big and some too small, so what would people who have kept these skinks before recommend given their behaviour and...
Hi all,
Its been a while since i have put a post up, so I will try and put everything from the year in one
big post. There will be a few areas of Australia covered. I am still working in Mount Isa in
North-west Queensland, however I am now living in Brisbane. This change has given me a...
Ill start from last night and go backwards a few weeks.
First up last night was a young Olive python.
Olive Python by R. Francis, on Flickr
I then found a DOR black headed python which i was disapointed about as i really wanted to see one. I then came across this little mulga snake...
What are your opinions on catching wildlife? With these circumstances kept in mind
The person catching knows how to handle the animal
They are completely responsible for damage that may be caused to themselves or others around
They are completely aware of the dangers of handling the animal...
Hi all I am thinking of something A little different to add to my collection next, I am wondering if anybody keeps and breeds any unusual species of lizards like spiny skinks (pygmy spiney tailed skink, Hosmers skink, cunninghams and Gidgee skinks), or nice coloured pink tongue skinks?
Pics...
I thought I would post up some pics of my visit to the zoo back in July.
Feel free to help with the Id's as I can't correctly remember all the species names.
I'll start with my favourite of the trip
Phillipine Water Dragon - Hydrosaurus pustulatus
Green Iguana - Iguana Iguana
Corn Snake -...
Pretty simple really, what is your 'wishlist' or what do you intend on buying?
As for me;
Morelia carinata, Pogona barbata, Antaresia stimsoni, Aspidites ramsayi, Acrochordus arafurae, Hypsilurus spinipes, Egernia hosmeri, Nephrurus amyae, Nephrurus asper, Tropidonophis mairii, Varanus storri...
Hi Guys,
I was having a bit of a reminisce about days gone by and started remembering species that were prevelent when I was started in this hobby. One of which is Egernia hosmeri (Hosmers skink) haven't seen any of them for a while now. I'm sure there are a few other species out there that...
Scientific Name Egernia hosmeri
Common Name Hosmer's skinks
Age 3-6 years
Sex mixed, 2m 2f
Length 25-30cm
Quantity Available 4 adults
Bred By
General Description
This is a colony of 4 adults mixed sexes.
They are very healthy and eating well on mixed veges fruits...
Ok so i was just browsing through the threads last night and I saw a few post that poked my curiousity.
I know there are Mac, Darwin, Spotted and Olive Albinos but what other Albino's are out there in respect to Australian snakes (including Elapids, Colubrids and File species).
What about...
Hi everyone,
on the weekend i went camping to renmark! lol
We went to Bredl's reptile park, great place, they had everything. The lacies were adorabale lol
had a long chat with Joe Bredl's son (forgot his name) who came down from QLD's to run the park. He showed me one of the baby boa's he had...
Lets see some Egernia sp people,I'm hooked on these atm and can't see enough pics.
I am looking at buying a few different sp this season so just want to see variety and whats around,thanks
Here they are:
Reptiles (Basic)
Species Code
Common Name
Scientific Name
S02161
Adelaide Snake-lizard
Delma molleri
Y02028
Australian Snapping Turtle
Elseya ineate
K02109
Beaded Gecko
Diplodactylus damaeus
S02137
Beaked Gecko
Rhynchoedura ineat
K02425
Black Rock Skink
Egernia...
Scientific Name Egernia hosmeri
Common Name Hosmers Skinks
Age Adult
Sex Pair
Length Adult
Quantity Available Pair
Bred By
General Description Adult breeding pair of attractive Hosmers. Uncommon in captivity, rare opportunity.
Location Brisbane
Willing to Freight? At buyers...
My daughter has taken a liking to cunningham skinks so I'm looking at getting her a pair for her birthday, was wondering if anyone out there can reconmend a good book on them or should I go for an Aussie skinks type book. I haven't managed to locate any books on just the cunninghams species so...
Scientific Name
Egernia hosmeri
Common Name
Hosmers skinks
Age
2 weeks
Sex
unknown
Length
TL 14-15 cm
Quantity Available
2
Bred By
me
General Description
Feeding on crickets and greens. One has tail tip bitten by an adult before removal from enclosure...
hey, we have a pool around 20m long and 8m wide (big pool) but I am SICK of cleaning it!! so i had the idea of taking the water out and putting repitles in it.. I read the Steve Irwin book and that is what he did to rescued animals.. If i can what reptiles could i house together (looking at...
Hi all,
I have recently joined the site and am looking for info on Cunningham's Skink tails.
My Bluetongue has had a snack of my newly introduced Cunningham's tail, the Cunningham's is only a juvenile and has lost a sizable portion of his tail probably about 1cm from the base, the bluetongue...
hey people, just thought i may put a game up that everyone can enjoy
its the ABC game and each post has to name something related to herpotology starting from the letter A to Z for example:
A for atherton tableland python or albino olive and B for bredli's python etc.
Anyway ill start...