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Issue # 95
Letter From The Editors
Welcome to Newsletter #95.
A little later than usual, we hope you will
enjoy your copy of this issue.
A big “thank you” to those who have already joined
the Recycle4Charity project to aid the Blue Iguana
Project and the Mountain Chicken Project. To date,
we have got £28.00 from recycled ink cartridges. We
know you can do much better than this! Our target is
to raise £1000 by the end of the year, so please - get
collecting and post them off !
If you are going to the canary Islands for your
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COVER PHOTO COMPETITION
Winner of Issue #94 . . . There wasn’t one !
We thought that the questions for #94 were not too difficult but,
despite 9 entries, none got more than 3 questions correct .
To enlighten and educate you all on the lovely Uromastyx family of
lizards the answers, and more, are on page 10 onwards.
As we said last issue, there will be a different cover photograph on
each issue and a prize for the first member to e-mail ALL the correct
answers to the questions related to the picture on the front cover.
The questions for This Issue, #95, are:
1. What is the common name for this reptile ?
2. Where do most of these species originate from ?
3. What is their natural diet [in the wild] ?
4. What would you feed to young specimens in captivity ?
5. What is the Latin name of this species ?
Answers should be sent to [email protected] along with
your name and membership number.
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summer holiday be sure to read the article by Frank
Bowles on page #8 - you might be as lucky as him !
We hope be at the following venues and shows on the
BHS / YHC tables during 2010:
FBH Kempton Park ..................... 15th August
Banstead Countryside Day .......... 12th September
PRAS in Havant ........................... 24th October
BHS (Amersham) ......................... 28th November
Other Reptile Breeders Meetings this year are:
CREAKS Kidderminster ............ 5th September
Terraristika in Hamm ................. 11th September
IHS Doncaster .............................. 26th September
Euro Snake Day in Houten ......... 10th October
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Recently we sent many YHC Members an e-mail, over 20%
“bounced” back or were “undeliverable”. As we intend to
correspond more with you electronically it is ESSENTAL
that you keep us informed when you  get an e-mail address
or  when you change your ISP or e-mail address. It is your
responsibility to contact us with changes … if you don’t you
will miss-out!
Happy, and safe herping,
Kim & Richard
PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS
DIRECT TO KIM & RICHARD - NOT ANYONE ELSE !
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THE BRONZE-BACKED CLIMBING SKINK
(MABUYA UNIMARGINATA)
by Todd Lewis
These medium sized skinks (62
(62--72 mm) have a bronze ground
colour and parallel dark and light stripes running along the side
of the body the tip of their noses. This gloss shiny skink has a
very streamlined appearance and small head. The Bronze
Bronze-backed Climbing Skink can be found in Central America. It is
viviparous (gives birth to live young – no eggs) and successfully
lives in secondary and disturbed habitats.
The Bronze
Bronze--backed Climbing Skink lives up to its name and can
forage for food in higher shrubs and trees. Although it is
actually a skink that lives on
the ground, it enjoys climbing,
although it is not that good at
it! Several studies report this
species to hide in rustic
buildings and fall from the
roof beams clutching insect
prey prizes! The skinks can
fall almost 3m onto a solid
floor and appear not to be
affected or injured. One
individual I have seen fell into
a Golden Orb Spider web.
Although the spider appeared
to bite the skink its armour
© Konrad Mebert
plated
skin
may
have
protected it. - - - It wriggled free after several minutes and escaped!
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We have copies of
some new “Wild Pet”
DVDs by the Australian TV presenter, Della Golding, who now
resides in Brighton.
These are the first two in a series of reptile, amphibian &
invertebrate DVDs that she is producing.
All you have to do is send an e-mail to Richard & Kim saying
which DVD you would most like to have.
You then need to word process a review of it in no less than
300 words and e-mail it back to them within 21 days of
receiving the disc.
For all that work you get to keep the copy of
the DVD (worth £13.99) plus your review will
be printed in a future copy of the YHC
Newsletter !
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A relative new-comer to the
reptile “dry goods” market is
RepStyle® who make resin
equipment and vivarium décor.
Of particular interest are the item designed to decorate
glass-walled enclosures such as Exo Terra Terrariums,
fish tanks and ZooMed Naturalist Terrariums. The rear is
no problem as decorative backing sheets are available
or supplied with the enclosure; the
problem is decorating the SIDES with
FP 28448
safe, stable items ….
This is where the RepStyle® branches
with suckers come in. There are 3
sizes / styles all with 2 huge soft
silicon suckers that, when softened in
warm water stay in place for months.
We bought some in March when they
were launched in the UK and they
have stayed put on the glass walls of
all five enclosures since then (over 15
weeks) !
They project up to 6 cm from the wall
and give a lovely 3-D effect to the terrariums and our
tank of Musk Turtles.
Tree frogs, arboreal
lizards and snakes
actively seek the branches
out, especially the ones
FP 28449
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placed directly
FP 28463
under the compact
UV lamps in the
canopies.
The leaves are soft
silken material that
we expect will
probably fall off in
time, but could be
re-attached with
aquarium silicon
sealant. The branches are high quality resin that should
last years (unless you drop them on a hard floor, when
they will chip or break).
We are so impressed with them that we bought a box of
each style and will be selling our surplus at a discount
on the BHS tables at the Kempton Park and PRAS
Reptile Breeders Meetings later this year.
These are just 3 of a assortment of 106 objects available
under this brand name. If you would like a copy of the
full catalogue just ask Kim & Richard by e-mail and visit
www.repstyle.co.uk for a list of local stockists.
A mangrove cat snake & knight anole enjoying the
RepStyle braches (in different terrariums)
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THE GRAN CANARIA GIANT LIZARD
(Gallotia stehlini )
By Frank Bowles (BHS Scottish Groups Liaison Officer)
I recently visited Gran Canaria, because it is an island in a volcanic
archipelago similar to the Galapagos Islands.
In just the same way that one species of finch evolved differently on
each of them, a tiny species of lizard, about six inches in length,
similar to the Psammodromes now found in North Africa, having
somehow arrived on
each of the Canary
Islands, evolved into
several very different
animals.
On some islands it
slowly turned into what
are now described as
‘giant lizards’.
In former times they
Male Gallotia stehlini
grew up to five feet in
© Angelika &Siegfried Troidl
length, but now three feet
would be a more likely maximum, as the arrival of man, dogs, and
other predatory animals, meant that lizards were no longer top
predators, and began to shrink in size, with one species, the Goliath
Lizard of Tenerife (Gallotia goliath) extinct, and two of the
remaining three species of giant lizard, that of Hierro (Gallotia
simonyi) and Gomera (Gallotia bravoana) nearly extinct. In fact the
Hierro lizard was thought to be wiped out by the end of the 19th
century, but a specimen was re-discovered in 1974, on a remote cliff
top. The Gomera Giant Lizard, which is only found in one small
isolated locality, was first seen in 1999. The third species of giant
lizard is the Gran Canaria Giant Lizard (Gallotia stehlini). Because
of different environmental factors; this big animal, sometimes
reaching two foot, eight inches in length, is still relatively abundant,
and I had always wanted to see it
I got accommodation in a small resort in the south west of the
island. Arnold’s field guide [ISBN 0002193183] states that the big
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reptiles were still fairly
abundant in rocky, humid
gorges. There was a rocky
gorge at the back of the
village, but not a humid one,
because I was in the arid south
of the island My first day was
sunny and hot, and soon after
breakfast I was climbing
slowly up the gorge. However,
after quite an exhausting haul, I saw only two baby lizards.
I was nearly back to the hotel, much in need of something to drink
and application of sun-blocker; when I noticed what I thought was a
pink stone on a pile of rocks at the edge of an old demolition site,
move. I looked again, and there was the head of a huge male lizard,
flushed a deep pink, guarding his territory. His tense body was a
good two feet in length. This was a medium sized Giant Lizard!
The next couple of days revealed many more of these animals on
this old building site not more than a hundred yards from the hotel
entrance. Herpetologist’s Sod’s Law
states that: “IF THERE IS A PERFECT
TEXT-BOOK HABITAT NEAR AT HAND,
LOOK ELSEWHERE”; say some
demolished pre-fabs!
The next couple of days revealed more
surprises. Not only was there an
abundance of Giant Lizards on this
piece of waste ground, but the stoneturning activity (which
gets you disowned by
your family!); turned up
both a Gran Canaria Skink, a wonderful shiny reptile
with a brilliant turquoise-green tail, and the Gran
Canarian Gecko, a little grey warty beast with a
brown dorsal stripe. My earthly paradise turned out
to be a quite unremarkable, drab and scruffy
demolition sight.
See also www.herp.it for more information.
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Uromastyx Lizards – “Back to Nature”
Uromastyx is a species of lizard that can be found all across
Northern Africa and eastwards for 5000 miles as far as NW India, as
shown on the map on page # 11.
There are about 18 different varieties recognised in 2009:
U. acanthinura
U. dispar
U. geyri
U. aegypticus
U. microlepis
U. asmussi
U. benti
U. hardwickii
U. loricata
U. ocellata
U. ornata
U. macfadyeni
U. yemenensis
U. maliensis
U. princeps
U. philbyi
U. alfredschmidti
U. flavifasciata
U. occidentalis
U. thomasi
U. nigriventris
U. shobraki
They have common names of ◊ “Dab-Tail Lizard” ◊ “Spiny-Tailed
Lizard” ◊ “Mastigure” ◊ “Tortoise-Headed Lizard” ◊
The word Uromastyx literally translated from the Greek ourá
(οὐρά) means Tail Whip or Scourge.
The species most commonly seen in captivity are highlighted in the
list above.
They range in size from approximately 15 cm
(Uromastyx macfadyeni) [shown left] to 80 cm
(Uromastyx aegypticus) - below right.
They all have the predominant features of a broad
head – somewhat like a tortoise, wide, fleshy,
spiny tail, flattened body and very smooth skin. The tail is used for
defence - either moved quickly side-to-side
like a small club or as prickly defence when
cornered. Usually, if a predator is seen, the
lizard will rush head-first into a small crevice
in the rocks or a burrow and use the tail to
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block the entrance. The spiny tail acts as a good deterrent to most
predators; try grasping the whole tail of a Uromastyx with your hand
firmly and see how long you can hang on!
They are not autonomous - - i.e. they do not shed their tails when threatened or held.
The majority found in pet shops in the UK & Europe are,
unfortunately, wild caught (WC) although this is slowly changing as
ways to encourage captive breeding (CB) and successful egg
incubation have been developed, particularly in Germany and USA.
The demand for Uromastyx species in UK far exceeds the number
being bred by herpetoculturalists at present.
Distribution of Uromastyx species
The western-most Spiny Tail Lizard is
Uromastyx acanthinura from Morocco and the eastern-most species
is Uromastyx hardwickii that ranges to Rajasthan in India.
They make good pets IF you can provide their specialized living
conditions that mimic their natural arid and desert environments …
They need high basking temperatures, minimum 35OC, low
humidity levels - <35% and high levels of Ultra-Violet light to
thrive. Without the high body temperature they cannot digest
the high fibre content of their diet.
They are described in books and sold by most shops incorrectly as
They:
“are totally Vegetarian
are totally Vegetarian” and / or are totally Vegetarian
“never drink as they get all their moisture from their food
never drink as they get all their moisture from their food” never drink as they get all their moisture from their food
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“will die of kidney failure if you give them water
will die of kidney failure if you give them water”. will die of kidney failure if you give them water
The above 3 statements are TOTAL MYTHS and should be ignored!
We have seen literally hundreds of Uromastyx lizards die in
captivity because of these myths over the past 15 years.
So, let’s go back to nature - what do Dab Tail Lizards eat in the Wild ?
In the wild Uromastyx primarily eat green leafy matter and, in the
Spring, flowers as well. They will also eat the insects that are
feeding on the green spring-time desert plants and have been seen
actively chasing grasshoppers, locusts, beetles and caterpillars.
These form an important part of their physical build-up to the
breeding season. Around 60% of the insect actually being plant
proteins.
In very dry conditions these lizards tend to feed early in the
morning when plants are still covered in dew and thus obtain extra
moisture. When standing water is available in desert conditions
they do sip and lap from the edge of a pond or oasis. If the lizards
are really thirsty they may also lay in the shallow warm water where
it is thought, they absorb water via the cloaca into the colon (large
bowel) which, after all, is specifically designed to absorb water
from faecal material.
When desert plants have died-off in summer, due to drought and
heat the Uromastyx survive on seeds and occasional drying fruits &
leaves found on the ground. The tail is a fat reserve used to
supplement their diet when food is
scarce. They have incredibly
strong jaws for a smallish lizard
and can easily crush dried red &
yellow lentils with their teeth.
Richard has only been bitten once
in 40 years of caring for
Skull of an Egyptian Uromastyx
Uromastyx and confirms that the
bite was …
“excruciating” and “I never want to be bitten by one again”.
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The ideal housing for Uromastyx is a 36“ or 48” wooden vivarium
as these retain the heat best. Provide a mercury vapour UV/Heat
basking lamp at one end of the vivarium e.g. PowerSun 160 watt or
Exo Terra Solar Glo 160 watt with a suitable shade. Keep switched
on for 12 to 14 hours a day. Night-time heating can be provided by
a ceramic heater or ceiling-mounted Reptile Radiator controlled by
a thermostat.
They like a soft, deep substrate such as Limestone grit, Natural
Calcium Sand or, if you can afford it, CalciSand® or a commercial
equivalent. Provide plenty of rocks, logs and other types of
climbing and hiding places. You can also add live succulent plants
if you wish as décor and snack food. The sand should be spotcleaned daily and sieved every 4 weeks to remove dry faeces and
dried-out food and totally replaced
every 6 to 8 months.
A shallow water dish should be
provided at the cool end of the
vivarium, ideally cast resin with a
rough surface and base that is easy
for it to walk in, about 2 cm deep like
the RepStyle® design shown here. Replace the water daily even if
the dish does not appear to have been used.
As stated earlier, most Uromastyx are WC and often arrive in this
country in very poor condition - dehydrated and mal-nourished due
to inadequate husbandry in the country of origin prior to export by
air.
If you can find CB babies then always buy them
in preference to WC lizards
They will cost more to buy but you will avoid the costly vet bills
associated with re-hydrating, de-worming and treating gut parasites
that all WC specimens have.
Look on RFUK ( http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/ ) or go to a
Breeders Meeting (e.g. IHS @ Doncaster or FBH@ Kempton Park)
for potentially cheaper specimens.
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From: www.urotopia.com
5 species of hatchlings Dab-Tail Lizards
U. ornata, Egyptian, U. ocellata, U, benti & U. acanthinura
A healthy Uromastyx should have bright eyes, a raised head,
look alert, have a plump oval tail in cross-section with no
bone showing. The body should be plump, almost fat, and
when picked up it should inflate itself with air and maybe hiss
and give you a swipe or two with its tail. The skin of the body
& head should be silky-smooth and unblemished (unless
shedding). Patchy & rough skin may indicate fungal skin
infection due to being kept in too high a humidity.
If you do purchase a WC Uromastyx You MUST keep it
separate from any other lizards for a MINIMUM of 6 weeks and
get it hydrated and feeding as soon as possible…..
Give it a bath in tepid to warm ReptoBoost® [made by
VetArk] twice a day for 20 minutes, if it stays laying in the
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water then leave it as long as it wants to bathe. Offer it a mixture of
chopped greens and flowers (see list below) liberally dusted with
calcium carbonate powder ( CaCO4 ) on every feed and Nutrobal®
twice a week. Offer it a few brown or silent crickets, locust hoppers,
wax worms, & normal mealworms twice a week - again dusted in
CaCO4. Provide a small bowl of seeds for it to chew on - we use
budgie seed and dried bean soup mix without red kidney beans (as
uncooked they are toxic). Also leave a sprig of budgie millet in the
vivarium.
Once it is hydrated, administer orally the de-wormer Fenbendazole
(Panacur®) Cinnamon & Apple Horse Paste at the rate of 0.1 m1 per
100 grams of lizard. Four days later get your vet to administer the
anti-protazoal drug Metronidazole 6.4% (Flagyl-S®) by mouth at the
rate of 0.4 ml per 100 grams of lizard. If your lizard does not start
eating well, gain weight and put fat onto its tail within 4 weeks then
you need to get a faecal sample tested by your vet or DIY for around
£35.00 by sending a sample yourself to PALS
[ see http://www.palsvetlab.co.uk ] for details.
The photo on issue # 94 is of one of our Uromastyx ornata
taken by Kim.
We feed ours a mixture of:
Greens & Flowers - Cos & Romaine lettuce (finely chopped), grated
Carrot, Bell Peppers (finely chopped), Sweetcorn, grated courgettes,
Spring greens (finely chopped), Watercress, Rocket, Endive, Radicchio,
Lambs lettuce, Chinese leaf (Pak Choy), Convolvulus, Lolla rossa, Clover
(leaf & flower), Hibiscus flowers & leaves, Lavatera flowers & leaves,
Dandelion flowers & leaves, Ice plant, Marigold flowers, Russian vine,
chopped Green beans & Broad beans, fresh Peas & Gazania flowers
depending what is available.
They also have: Dried lentils - green, yellow, red, brown; Dried beans aduki (soya), chickpea, mung; Seeds - sunflower, millet; Organic mixed
sprouts - alfalfa, mung, radish, chick pea & brown lentils [rinse before
feeding, can be bought from most health stores].
Live food - Locusts, giant mealworms, wax worms, medium quiet crickets.
All food dusted with calcium carbonate daily & Nutrobal twice a week
© Richard Butler & Kim Le Breuilly 2010
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The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons recently published a list of Vets
in the UK qualified to treat exotic animals. The shortened list, below,
shows only the vets qualified, or currently treating, reptiles and
amphibians. The complete list will be on the BHS web site next month.
Kevin Eatwell BVSc (Hons) DZooMed (Reptilian) Dip ECZM (Herp)
MRCVS Lecturer in Exotic animal and Wildlife Medicine
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter
Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG.
Tel (0131) 650 6074,Fax (0131) 650 7652,Reception (0131) 650 7650
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: zoo/wildlife, avian, fish, reptiles especially.
Simon Girling BVMS(Hons) DZooMed CBiol MIBiol MRCVS
Muirfield, Arngask, by Glenfarg, Perthshire PH2 9QD
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: avian, reptilian, amphibian, fish, invertebrates, wildlife, small
mammals.
Emma Keeble BVSc DZooMed MRCVS
Small Animal Hospital, Edinburgh University Exotic Animal Services, Easter
Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG
Tel: 0131 650 7650, fax: 0131 650 7652
Speciality: zoo / wildlife / avian / reptilian / small furries.
Anna Meredith MA VetMB CertLAS DZooMed MRCVS
Hospital for Small Animals, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter
Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG
Tel: 0131 650 7650, fax: 0131 650 7652.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: zoo, wildlife, avian, reptilian, exotic pets.
Romain Pizzi BVSc MSc DZooMed FRES MACVSc(surg) MRCVS
Zoological Medicine Ltd., 37 Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RE
Tel: 07761 982404.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: non-mammalians, esp penguins, raptors, snakes, invertebrates; surgery,
pathology, statistics, and epidemiology.
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CERTIFICATE HOLDERS IN ZOOLOGICAL MEDICINE
Peter Aylmer BVSc CertZooMed MRCVS
The Veterinary Hospital, Albion Street, Chipping Norton, Oxon OX7 5BN
Tel: 01608 642547, fax: 01608 645617.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: zoo, wildlife, avian, reptilian.
Sarah Brown MA VetMB certZooMed MRCVS
Holly House Veterinary Surgery, 468 Street Lane, Moortown, Leeds LS17 6HA
Tel: 0113-2369030.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: reptiles, especially chelonia, and exotic pet mammals.
Emily Fletcher BVM&S CertZooMed MRCVS
Birch Heath Veterinary Clinic, Birch Heath Road, Tarporley, Cheshire,
CW6 9UU
Tel: 01829 733777, fax: 01829 733923.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: avian, reptilian, small mammals, wildlife.
David Holah BVSc CertZooMed MRCVS
Lynwood Veterinary Group, Sandford Lane, Wareham, Dorset, BH17 9DW
Tel: 01929 552692 fax: 01929 553621.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: small mammal, reptilian, avian
Michael King BVM&S CertZooMed MRCVS
Duchy Veterinary Hospital, 53 Henver Road, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 3DQ
Tel: 01637 851122, fax: 01637 871881.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: zoo, wildlife, avian, reptilian.
Ian Mostyn BVM&S CertZooMed MRCVS
Pennine Vets, 1 Bury Road, Tottington, Bury, Lancs. BL8 3HD
Tel: 01204 886655, fax: 01204 880077.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: avian, reptilian, small furries, fish.
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Aidan Raftery MVB CertZooMed MRCVS
Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic, 221 Upper Chorlton Road,
Manchester ,M16 0DE
Tel: 0161 881 6868, fax: 0161 860 5047.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: mammalian, avian and reptilian medicine and surgery.
Louise Rayment-Dyble BVetMed CertZooMed MRCVS
All Creatures Healthcare Ltd., Brackenwood, Sandy Lane, Horsford, Norwich
NR10 3EB
Tel: 01603 898984 or 07810 697614.
E-mail: [email protected]
www.allcreatureshealthcare.co.uk
Speciality: avian, reptilian, small furries, amphibian and fish.
Brigitte Reusch BVetMed(Hons) CertZooMed MRCVS
7/6 Gentles Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PD
Tel: 07852 286961.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: rabbits, small mammals, reptilian, avian, amphibian, fish,
invertebrates.
Robert Reynolds BVSc CertZooMed MRCVS
Seers Croft Veterinary Surgery, Tower Road, Faygate, W. Sussex RH12 4SD
Tel: 01293 851122, fax: 01293 852152.
Email: [email protected]
Speciality: avian, reptilian, zoo, wildlife.
Mark Rowland BVSc CertZooMed MRCVS
Trinity Veterinary Centre, Unit #6 Hermitage Walk, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone,
Kent, ME16 9NZ
Tel: 01622 726730
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: reptilian, avian, exotic mammal, zoo
Steve Smith BVetMed (Hons) CertZooMed MRCVS
Wendover Heights Veterinary Centre, 1 Tring Road, Halton, Aylesbury, Bucks.
HP22 5PN
Tel: 01296 623439.
E-mail: [email protected]
Speciality: Avian, reptilian, small mammals, other exotic pets, zoo, wildlife and
legal work
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If you live local to one of these vets and your animal is not
currently under the care of another vet you can make an
appointment with them yourself.
If you have an animal currently being treated by your vet you
can ask him/her to refer you to one of these vets,
preferably by e-mail in the first instance.
* Mark Rowland at Trinity Vets was one of
the guest speakers at our recent AGM. x
Are they real ?
HORNED TREE FROG
GLO-LIGHT TOAD
Well, what do you think ?
The Horned Tree Frog is FALSE. The picture is from
www.worth1000.com and shows what can be done by a skilled
user of a computer graphics program.
The Glo-Light Toad is REAL. This little toad thought that a
flashing fairy light outdoors was food and swallowed it whole.
After taking the photo, the lights were switched off and the
toadlet gently removed from its lamp and freed to find a more
digestible meal!
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About the Young Herpetologists Club
Basic YHC annual membership entitles you to:
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Receive the Young Herpetologists Newsletter 4 times a year
Receive 12 issues of The BHS “Natterjack” monthly newsletter
Attend main Society, YHC and affiliated meetings on production of your
validated membership card
Seek advice from contacts below by phone or e-mail
Bulletin YHC membership entitles you to:
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All of the above plus
4 issues per year of the BHS Herpetological Bulletin
Group membership:
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Teachers and Youth Leaders can register a school, class or group as if it
were an individual member
Y.H.C. Guide to Contacts
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Refer to your current version of The Guide - dated February 2008 enclosed with this Newsletter and sent to all new members on joining.
Who to contact:
Don Freeman  01908 379209
E-mail: [email protected]
Richard Butler & Kim Le Breuilly  020 8696 9733
E-mail: [email protected]
Trevor Rose  01674 671676
E-mail: [email protected]
For information on the BHS & YHC see:- http://www.thebhs.org
Y.H.C. members should be aware that The British Herpetological Society
(B.H.S.) does not trade in live animals.
The B.H.S. is a Registered Charity (No. 205666), and has no connection with
any commercial animal or equipment supplier.