Lizards are cold-blooded alternatives in nature, with strange looks. Some people think they are very ugly, but in fact they are mostly very gentle. Sometimes, their movements are also funny and cute. At present, more and more people are raising lizards as crawling pets in China, and their popularity is rising steadily. So which varieties are the most common and popular kings? Let’s take a look together.
color-changing tree lizard
color-changing tree lizard: big head and small eyes, light brown or gray body, 5-6 black brown or horizontal spots on the back, and dark and shallow rings at the tail. The body color is easy to change, and the male head and even the back are bright red during the reproductive season. It has no teeth and eats the whole way of eating prey.
is wild in the forest and is relatively rare on the market. It has brown and black marks, a large head, developed limbs, and a changeable body color. It is very beautiful.
Liwen Dragon Lizard
Liwen Dragon Lizard: It is one of the most common and most sold pet lizards in the domestic market. The Liwen Dragon Lizards on the market are all from the wild and are illegally collected in the wild. Because most of the markets are wild individuals, they are more sensitive. Its gorgeous body and name, with human "love" for them, is moving towards destruction step by step.
The most common domestic lizard crawling pet in the pet market is very popular because of its small size, active personality, strong adaptability, simple breeding and low price. There is no artificial mass reproduction, so wild populations face great pressure.
Red-eyed Hawk Lizard
Red-eyed Hawk Lizard: dark brown body color, yellow-brown ventral surface, and orange markings around both eyes. It looks like two big red eyes from the front, and it has the function of intimidating predators and is also the origin of its name. On its helmet-shaped head, there is a beak similar to a bird's beak. There are four 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 similar to that of green iguanas. There is a row of extremely developed scaly scales in the middle of the spine. The body color is dark to light green, and the abdomen is white or light yellow. The body color can change according to the environment and the intensity of light. He is very docile and can be very healthy and beautiful if he can take good care of it. If you like to raise tame and swimming lizards, it is ideal.
The scalypse starts from the neck, reaches the middle of the tail, and all rise up when disturbed. He is extremely docile and does not bite people. In addition, he is a large body and a domestic lizard, which is very suitable for domestic pet lovers to raise.
maned lizard
maned lizard: One of the most common pet lizard breeds on the market, it is thick and covered with spiny scales on the neck, back and side of the abdomen. When threatened, you can bluff by opening your mouth to show the bright colors in your mouth, or bulging and thorny jaws, etc., to intimidate the enemy or opponent and protect yourself. Although this kind of evil way of selling evil is a bit ugly, it has attracted countless fans.
Frog Eye Guard
Frog Eye Guard: One of the three most common pet lizards on the market, the other two are green iguana and maned lion. Strong body and quick movement. Because of its low difficulty in feeding, cute shape, gentle temperament, and low price, it is deeply loved by reptile enthusiasts and is also the most suitable entry-level guard for beginners. Food can be fed to mealworms, grasshoppers, crickets, etc.
Green Iguana
Green Iguana: Commonly known as IG, it is the most popular reptile pet lizard in the United States. Due to the huge demand in the pet market, there are large-scale professional breeding farms in South America for artificial breeding, which is one of the largest lizard varieties with production and sales. The United States imports a large number of farms in Central and South America every year, and it can be found in almost every pet store.
is a large lizard. Its juvenile body is bright green and gray-green after it is grown, which is very beautiful. Nowadays, domestic enthusiasts are also warming up for it. It grows rapidly and requires a lot of feeding space. It is a completely vegetarian pet lizard breed.
Big Gecko
Big Gecko: The second largest gecko family lizard in the world, with bright colors and is a very popular pet, but it is very fierce in temperament and is not easy to get started. The tail can be broken and regenerated, but the tail has no wart scales on it, which can be easily distinguished. Because it can make ga-ge sounds, it is commonly known as gecko in my country.
The dorsal and ventral surface is slightly flat, with a larger head and a flat triangle, like a toad's head. It is very popular because of its large body and full of patterns. It can be used as medicine, and wild individuals are national second-class protected animals.
High crown chameleon
High crown chameleon: named after the top of the head bone plate is towering into a crown. Its high crown is called the Earl by adventurers and is said to be used to collect moisture in the mist in the evening desert. Most of the high-crown chameleons that appear on the market are artificially reproduced individuals, which can adapt to the artificial environment well and reproduce easily, so it is a well-deserved entry-level chameleon variety.
The male insect has a larger crown. The left and right eyes can move independently, look at different directions, focus independently, and after the prey appears, both eyes turn to the prey at the same time, which is very magical. Very popular in the pet market, but the price is relatively high.
Leopard print gecko
Leopard print gecko: a very beautiful reptile, the most popular pet gecko in the world, and one of the most popular crawling pets. Many variants have been artificially bred. The body will have purple-brown and bright yellow stripes. There are 2 basic colors of leopard prints commonly found on the market: primary color and high yellow.
is wild in wastelands and grassland areas, hiding out at night during the day and feeding on insects. As a pet, it is gentle, not big, easy to raise, and has low requirements for the environment, which is very in line with the needs of crawler lovers. The selection above
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