I'm a herpetoculture fanatic.  Here are photos of some of my critters:

Australian Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps):

Darwin and Delilah were my first pair of bearded dragons.

Irwin, purchased September 2004.  A month later, puffing up.
   As a 13-inch juvenile; close up;  December 2004. 
NEW

Two female offspring of D&D, hatched November 2000:
   "Puffy", at 6 months;  "Margarita", March 2002.

Some shots of Puffy's clutch of 17 eggs laid 8/03/2002:
  The father was borrowed from a friend.
Nice!
  The snowflake pattern on this egg is interesting (it hatched just fine).

The hatchlings arrived in early October 2002.
   A "pip", emerging from the egg.
Wow!  Hatchling, a few hours old.
   A precocious two-day old 
Hello!    A few more, not so.  Lots of week olds.

I kept two of them.
   "Perci":  At one month2 monthsclose-up (4 months).
   "Amanda":  At one month2 months4 months.     P & A, 6 months.

Here is Perci laying her second clutch of eggs, March 2004.
   One of the hatchlings, 4 days old.   Four, a week later.  May 2004.

Delilah laying eggs.   Eggs during incubation.

More hatchlingsMargarita at one week.  Sleeping, while clinging to an electrical cord! Cute!

This is how you get the hatchlings  (D&D).

Darwin was a big male.  Here he is looking fierce.   Darwin at age 7, March 2002.  I recently decided to have him euthanized.
Delilah was a robust female.  She died in July 2001, at age 5, due to complications from egg-binding (dystocia).  She produced over 300 eggs.

Northern Blue-Tongued Skinks (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia):

"Link", a hypomelanistic male, born July 2001.  Purchased October 2001.
   Chomping on a superworm; August 2003.
Cool!
  4 months old.     Nice tongueHere, too. October 2002.

"Patty", a female.  Purchased January 2004, approx. 3 years old.
   More shots, January 2004:  Baskinganother nice tongue.

Leopard Gecko (Eublepharus macularius): "Lazard", March 2002.  Nice!
  (also on the left).  Died November 2003 at age 8.

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula), albino striped phase:
  "Loopy
  Another shot.

Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni), "Cookie".  Purchased captive-bred.  Died May 2001, cause unknown.  Photo from July 2000.

Check out my links page for information on conservation of the endangered Egyptian tortoise.

Nice! A gravid female carpet chameleon (Furcifer lateralis), belonging to a friend.  What a beautiful creature!

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