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To recap, I recently bought 5 R. brevicaudata and sexed them myself in the shop as 2 female, 2 male, and 1 uncertain. I recently believed the uncertain to be male, then changed my mind and decided it was female due to having a shorter tail and a smoother crest. However, after taking "her" out...

There are lots of hybrid species in captivity from one extreme (eg cross-bred dogs) to the other (lion x tiger). Chances are the eggs will be infertile but if they're not and you have viable offspring make certain that the offspring don't interbreed. As far as I'm aware hybrid vigour is good...

I've done lots of reading and there are sites that suggest Pygmies (R. brev) can be kept in groups, and others that suggest they are best housed singly. So, I've split mine up into 3 vivs with 3 in 1 viv and 1 in each of the remaining 2 vivs. The group of 3 is a 1.2 arrangement. I've...

Her colours are looking better today, she's now a dark green colour so it looks like regrouping her may have been the right decision afterall.

I recently acquired a group of R. brevicaudata from a petshop that had them labelled as R. kertenii. Same shop advised they were too young to sex but I managed to sex 4 and took a chance with the 5th believing it may be female. After getting them I placed 1.2 in 1 30x30x30 exo terra, and...