{"id":2354,"date":"2015-10-01T18:09:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2015-10-02T02:18:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T06:18:29","slug":"stellagama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2015\/10\/01\/stellagama\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellagama"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lizard species known as Stellagama stellio<\/em> has many English names, painted agama and painted dragon being the most common ones, unfortunately both are also applied to other similar lizards.
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Painted agama (Stellagama stellio<\/em>).
This specimen was photographed at the 2014 Canadian Reptile Breeders Expo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>
\nTo make things even more confusing the scientific name is sometimes cited as Laudakia stellio<\/em> or Laudakia stellio brachydactyla<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Painted agamas are from the Middle East and North Africa. <\/p>\n\"Painted<\/a>\n

In the pet trade painted agamas are considered to be alternatives of the more common bearded dragon<\/a> in the sense that their care and temperament is similar. A painted agama also looks kind of like a bearded dragon.<\/p>\n

Like bearded dragons, painted agamas also breed in captivity and the color morphs kept as pets are often rather different from the wild coloration.<\/p>\n

Even though its common names would suggest it the painted agama is not placed in the genus Agama<\/em> but rather in the genus of its own, Stellagama<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nKeeping Stellagama<\/em>\/Laudakia stellio<\/em><\/a>.
\nPainted Dragon – Laudakia stellio brachydactyla<\/em><\/a>.
\nPainted Dragon – Laudakia stellio brachydactyla<\/em><\/a>.
\nStellagama<\/em><\/a> on Wikipedia.
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