Leopard Tortoise

Welcome to no 16 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Animal Profiles – Leopard Tortoise – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events 1. Genus/species: Geochelone pardalis. 2. The leopard tortoise is one of the largest mainland tortoises and has an elevated carapace that is tawny, yellow or buff, with brown centres 3. They can reach…

Australian Boobok Owl

Welcome to no 15 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Animal Profiles – Australian Boobok Owl – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events Latin name – Ninox boobook. Native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, Timor and the Sunda Islands. Southern Boobook is the smallest owl on the Australian mainland and is the continent’s most widely…

African Gray Parrot

Welcome to no 14 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Animal Profiles – African Gray Parrot – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events 1. African Greys come in two recognized sub-species – Congo African grey (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) and the Timneh African grey (Psittacus erithacus timneh) 2. African Greys are known to be among the most…

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Brazilian Rainbow Boa

Welcome to no 13 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Reptile Profiles – Brazilian Rainbow Boa – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events Latin name: Epicrates cenchria cenchria The Brazilian rainbow boa is one of about 12 named subspecies of rainbow boa The Brazilian rainbow boa is a round-bodied terrestrial boa of medium build Brazilian rainbow…

Chinchillas

Welcome to no 12 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Reptile (not a Reptile but an important part of the Roadshow) Profiles – Chinchillas – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events 1. Chinchillas are typically around 25- 35cm long 2. Chinchillas are nocturnal animals. 3. Chinchillas are very sensitive to heat; they are used to living…

Giant African Millipede

Welcome to no 11 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Reptile Profiles – Giant African Millipede – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events Millipedes are a common class of arthropod with over 10,000 named species. Two pairs of legs per segment distinguish millipedes from the closely related centipedes which only have one Early forms of…

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South American Horned Frog

Welcome to no 10 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Reptile Profiles – Giant Sulcata Tortoise – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events The South American Horned frog belongs to the Leptodactylidae family The two main species of Horned Frog are the Argentine horned frog and the Cranwells horned frog, both found in the rainforest…

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Giant Sulcata Tortoise

Welcome to no 9 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Reptile Profiles – Giant Sulcata Tortoise – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events The Scientific name for the Giant Sulcata Tortoise is Geochelone sulcata. (The term “sulcata” actually means “furrow” in Latin.) This species is also known as the African spurred tortoise. Sulcata are the…

Bearded-Dragons

Rankins Dragon and the Bearded Dragon

Welcome to no 8 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Reptile Profiles – Rankins Dragon and the Bearded Dragon ( we have grouped this species together as they are very similar)   – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events Rankins Dragon  Rankins Dragon is also known as Lawson’s dragon They grow to 25-30cm with males growing the…

Shingleback skink

Welcome to no 7 of 16 Reptile Roadshow Reptile Profiles – Shingleback skink – celebrating 16 years of Reptile Parties and Events Average size of 35cm Average life span of about 10 to 15 years Mature adults typically weigh 600 to 900 grams Omnivorous They come from Southern Australia Latin name is Tiliqua rugosa Heavily armoured body…