How to Care for a Texas Spiny Lizard
The Texas Spiny Lizard is a beautiful and not uncommon lizard in the dryer regions of southern North America here i will show you how to care for this awesome reptile!
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- Find a lizard in the wild or find one in a Pet Store.
- Buy a 15+ gallon tank with gravel, or wood chips.
- Get food for the lizards, either buy or find about 5 crickets that they eat, every day.
- Add a live plant as it will make the terrarium look a lot nicer, and it will also make the lizard feel like it's in the wild.
- Water the lizard by spraying water on the sides of the cage every morning.
- Buy a heat lamp an put it at one side of the cage.
- Clean the cage as often as possible.
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- Texas Spiny Lizards spend the majority of their time in trees, though they can be observed on fence posts or walls in areas inhabited by humans. If a Texas Spiny Lizard does happen to be on or near the ground, it will run up a tree if startled.
- Texas Spiny Lizards are most often found in mesquite trees. Their camouflage makes them quite difficult to see when they are lying still on a trunk or branch. They often prefer hollow trees that have lots of cracks or holes in which they can hide, in addition to live trees. They are very quick and agile and eat insects.
- Texas Spiny Lizards usually grow to between 7.5 and 12 inches. They are mostly reddish brown, olive brown, or grayish brown, marked with a contrasting patterning over their backs.
- Males have lighter colored stripes running laterally over their backs. Females have darker colored wavy lines and their background colors are often lighter than those of males. The scales over their backs are long and spiny. The toes and tails of Texas Spiny Lizards are also quite long.
- Males also have a slender blue patch on either side of their bellies, while females may have dark, wavy lines over their legs.
