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Nice survey, though being able to check multiple boxes would have been helpful. And thanks for being metric. I lived in the US when they started to convert under President Carter, but it was reversed under Reagan. I did have to look up the "mt" country code--many bearded dragons in Malta?

Very cute!

In inner Melbourne we don't get too many monitors; not sure if there are any in the Merri Creek reserve. They might help keep ring-tail possum numbers in check. This is my old girl Shayvele (she's about 11 1/2). She finally got up today after a nice nap since mid-February.

My 10 year-old southern angle-headed dragon still laid eggs last year. None of them hatched, but I was surprised she'd still be laying.

Very nice! In Melbourne, the only herps we get in the garden are little marbled geckos.

In Australia here you can only own native reptiles and most of them have to be held under a state licence. While there aren't classes or exams there are legally enforceable requirements on husbandry and you have to keep a logbook of each animal you have, when and where you got it, along with...

I'd have thought that this was impossible but I saw my lung doc today for my usual asthma check-up and she said that people who work a lot with snakes can become allergic to them, though they don't know why. Small furry animals (rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits) are much more common allergens...

Wikipedia can be good for finding references but using it as a reference can be risky. The article I mentioned showed what colours beardies are sensitive to and they're more skewed towards the blue than we are. Since they can change colour it makes sense that they're sensitive to it. And I know...

Check out Frohnwieser, A., Pike, T. W., Murray, J. C. and Wilkinson, A. (), Perception of artificial conspecifics by bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). Integrative Zoology. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/1749-4877.12303. The paper has a plot of the sensitivity of each of the cones...

Westerns have a range that covers some similar habitats to centrals (check out http://australianherpetology.com/bearded.htm#.WkssGExuLg8 for the whole pongona family). I've only seen one person with one on the Aussie board but you'd think that husbandry would be similar to that for centrals. In...

Someone on the Aussie beardie board has an Eastern but they aren't that common in captivity. Danny Brown's big book on keeping Australian dragons suggested that they don't do quite as well in captivity. Someone else suggested that you can see Easterns around the big population areas in the wild...

Because my flat's temperature varies some with the seasons and I like to have the basking light on a lot of the time, I use a lower wattage globe in the summer than winter (it's on the thermostat). On the Aussie board a lot of people work out how much time the lights need to be on and switch...

I swap out the 60w, 75w and 100w depending on the season. I use a thermostat to control the heat light and a timer for the whole enclosure. My flat doesn't get cold enough to need night-time heating. On the Australian beardie board a lot of people just use timers and their experience to decide...

Greetings from Melbourne! For heat lamps I use different wattages of the Phillips R80s: https://www.bunnings.com.au/philips-60w-es-r80-clear-floodlight-reflector-globe_p4324296 as they're way cheaper then specialist "reptile" lights. I generally try to get the Reptisun 10.0 when I can. Once...

I've got to second kingofnobbies' comment on the size of Melbourne--it's huge! But I still am really glad to live here; I only return to the US when I need to for work. And they're not lizards but you may also really enjoy the birdlife; I love seeing all the different sorts of parrots that live...

Hi, again-- On ABDF most of the breeders there use play sand but years ago I mentioned that here and got caught in a flame war. I actually use fake grass (also from Bunnings--my favourite store!). I don't know if Amazing Amazon take the lizards out of that big enclosure when they close but I've...

G'day from St Kilda! Amazing Amazon is one of the best specialist shops in the area; I know the big enclosure you're talking about. I've wondered a bit about it but there are multiple basking spots and hides. They do use sand in most of the enclosures but I imagine (but don't actually know) that...

Sounds like shedding; there are little bits of beardie all over my girl's enclosure, with new bits turning gray and sloughing off every day or two. Watch for new skin underneath.

My beardie doesn't brumate (she'd miss too many meals, I guess) even though my lounge room gets below 20 C overnight (I'm in Melbourne). But this quote from the Aussie beardie forum moderator suggests you don't need to worry: ".Don't worry about temps too much if you want them to fully brumate i...

A few months ago Radio National here in Australia did a piece on the now 35 year long study on shinglebacks, led by Prof. Michael Bull, who sadly died last year: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-16/life-death-and-grief-of-the-sleepy-lizard/8442252 . They have a much more complex life than...