Kinyongia matschiei

[frankpayne32]

Last week I was lucky enough to pick up a pair of Chad Norton's (CNorton) CBB Kinyongia matschiei. I had been looking for some time for a new and exciting breeding project and luckily stumbled upon his for sale ad. I am extremely excited and lucky to be working with them! My plans are to breed and since these are siblings I will be doing my best to try to locate more to add to the project. I believe that there are at least two bloodlines in the country... I will be keeping my eye out for WC as well if/when they enter the country again. Now for the pictures. Please excuse the poor picture quality, they are only from an iPhone.

The female:


After just chomping down a dubia


The male, who did not take to living in a cage, now has run of my free range.


See if you can spot him... Gives you an idea of scale of the free range.


Action shot


Getting a shower


That longggg tail


Amazing scalation

 

[frankpayne32]

Lizard room

Thought I would also share some pictures of my office/lizard room.

Coffee table tank I made for my Northern Australian Blue-Tongue Skink (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia. He's 20 years old and I've had him for 18 years. Got him when I was 12.


Wide shot of the free-range


My white German Shepherd wondering why I'm not paying attention to him. Also, some of my other enclosures in the background.

 

[Thezillaman21]

Love it all! I hope the dog doesn't stress or hurt the chameleon but looks good I almost went with a pair from Chad when he messaged me on fb but I wanted a pair of rudis chameleons

 

[Thezillaman21]

I love the pic below the tongue shot. I always use to get that pose from my zilla.

 

[frankpayne32]

Love it all! I hope the dog doesn't stress or hurt the chameleon but looks good I almost went with a pair from Chad when he messaged me on fb but I wanted a pair of rudis chameleons

Thanks. The dog has been around lizards since he was a tiny pup and has been taught to leave them alone. He ignores them at this point. The lizards don't seem to care much about him either. Thanks!

I love the pic below the tongue shot. I always use to get that pose from my zilla.

Thanks, very quizzical looking.

 

[frankpayne32]

Last tuesday the female laid 11 infertile eggs. She did not attempt to dig but scattered them around the cage.



CNorton told me she laid another clutch barely a month before on December 8. I hope she slows down and doesn't wear herself out until I find an unrelated male for her to mate with. She does seem to be recovering well though although is not as ravenous as the male.