The first chicks in 2006

Directly to the New Year in Prague Zoo hatched chicks of two species of lizards and mangrovoveho varan varan smaragdoveho. Varano are breeders of reptiles difficult because they are worried and behave somewhat erratically. Each monitor the success of reproduction in human care should therefore be considered a great success and our gains, we have the greater joy that it is already the second (in varan smaragdovych even third) generation of other words that their parents and grandparents also hatched in the Prague Zoo.

Female varan impose relatively large eggs which zahrabavaji the appropriate place and then to monitor and prevent. Therefore, farmers trying to find the eggs in time and place to the hatchery.
Varano mangrovove (Varanus indicus) behaves Prague zoo since 1992, the first chick hatched in 1995 and yet we are reared more than 40 Female eggs withstand 13th July 2005 and has since been placed in a hatchery. Young measured after hatching 24.2 cm and weighed 15.5 g. The long incubation period (5.5 months) is the typical monitor lizards and the relatively unusual. This species inhabits marshes and wet forests in the north of Australia to New Guinea and some nearby islands. It is up to 1.5 m length, of which, however, account for more than half of the long tail.Great climb and swim.
Varano emerald (Varanus prasinus) behave since 1994, the first chick hatched in 1996. The inhabitants of tropical forests and mangrove swamps to reach the length of New Guinea around 75 cm. These include the human care to nejchoulostivejsim and most species. In the European stud-book, which is emerald varan conducted in Duesseldorf, Germany, the Prague zoo in recent years only, which contributes actively, thus reared animals. Our New cub is the twentieth anniversary in Prague Zoo. Egg female withstand 12th July 2005. Young measured 22.8 cm. Because his parents no longer live, given the somewhat jokingly Ladislav posthumous name, even though he says breeder PE-ef therefore Pour feliciter).Mother's name Krouzkovka and one of the nejpratelstejsim and nejmilejsim varanum what we in the zoo behaved. She hatched in Prague in 1997.
The exposure in the terrarium in the elephant pavilion and pavilion visitors will find large turtles adult varan. Young must be under the close supervision of breeders and particularly in the case of rare varan smaragdovych need total quiet. After growth, are likely to follow their older siblings and poputuji in some from other European zoos.

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