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Cuban Knight Anole Breeding in Captivity
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Just a question to you herpers out there - - I know this is a largely snake-heavy site, buuuuuut I'm stretching a hand out to all of my fellow lizard lovers.
So, as you can see from my animals, I have 2 cuban knight anoles that I am absolutely obsessed with. Believe it or not, they're some of the coolest, most active, most interesting, and most regal lizards I've ever owned. However, most Cuban Knights are wild caught, which makes them less popular in captivity because of the fact that it's not quite as easy to get them switched over to insects (they tend to much on other smaller anoles in the wild...eek!), they often have a ton of parasites, and all sorts of other stuff.
SO - does anybody know of someone whose successfully hatched multiple clutches of Cuban Knights in captivity? I'm apparently the lizard fertility fairy, and I'm considering giving it a go (I'm even in the process of acquiring two more females) - do you think that a greater availability of captive-bred babies will make them more popular in the pet trade? -- I guess I'm just mostly interested in creating a bit more of a knowledge base for them. I'd love to see them in more homes, they're just the coolest!
...any comments are greatly appreciated!

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6/1/2011 1:52:21 PM
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DFW Arboreals
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I agree that Anolis sp. are underrated as pets. They are EXCELLENT subjects for naturalistic vivaria, and they're social behavior is very entertaining. I've seen baby equestris for sale a ferw times, but I imagine they were hatched from eggs dropped by WC females. They are stunningly beautiful, and although I don't think they'd be worth a lot, I think true CBB babies would sell well. I'd love to have a trio. Best of luck with your project. Keep us posted! (Great photo, BTW!) -p-
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6/6/2011 9:49:14 AM
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HurricaneJen
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I love the Cuban Knight Anoles, if I wasn't already obsessed with day geckos I'd have picked some up ages ago. Give it a shot; they are super neat and interactive. At work there's couple I've gotten hand tame and will come out to hang out on people's shoulders. Definitely a super underrated animal, keep us posted if you have any success breeding them!
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6/11/2011 10:04:19 AM
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WingedWolfPsion
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I've seen CBB knight anoles available in the past, and I've never heard that they were challenging to breed, so I expect you should be able to accomplish your goal. :) I also agree that anolis in general are highly underrated--they're so much fun to watch. I've always loved green anoles, myself. It's a shame they're treated so shabbily in general.
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6/3/2013 3:24:24 PM
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Cenobite
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9/14/2016 6:05:24 PM
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KnightRyder
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I have recently aquired 2 equestrias juvenile/babies and absolutely love them. i got them as well with the intention of breeding them and proliferating the species. i hope we can compare notes in the future. so far feeding them has been addictive fun and tiring. all the dif feeders have such dif characteristics its mind boggling. Mine seem to love black soldier flys (fly form), surinam cockroaches and wax worms. sexing has been all but impossible dont know if theyre mf or two gay males. they both flare their dewlaps whenever they see the other in daytime. but they dont fight they just stare. and they sleep together on the same branch (many branches)Donaldiña n Hilaríon. handling yes once but not by force i don wanna scare these guys. well ivjust want to say their amazing lizards , not too difficult but ALL of the info on them is questionable. yes they have hit the pet trade for a long time. but not with many fanatics. Much of the info ive read is green anole care but bigger. not really they move dif they use space n hunt dif n they are very unique their arboreality , visuality , sociability define them heavily.light n vision for them is dif than us they almost see holograms n sounds, they never touch the ground, they need certain branch sizes at dif ages, they have larger nutrional requirements but are a bit fussy n nervous. they are exotic adventurous intoxicating lizard for the true enthusiast
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