Agama lizards are hunted for their flesh, scales and other body parts. It may be a delicacy in several parts of the country.

To start breeding, you may have to catch a mature male and female or even start with the younger.


Instructions

1.
Check your lizards are old enough to breed. Adult males should be around 10 inches long and have "red head". Females are slightly smaller at around 8 inches aka "green head". There are some smaller agama lizards who only measure around 5 inches, although these are rare, and the reason for the stunted growth is unknown.

2.
Sex your lizards. Most agamas will live happily together for the first few months as juveniles, even if you have two males. Once maturity begins, your lizards may begin fighting if you haven’t sexed them right. Males are bigger and have much brighter colors. Females are usually green-brown and have a white underbelly. The female may have side markings or a greenish colored head.

3.
Monitor your temperatures. Incorrect temperatures can affect your reptile’s health and hormone levels, preventing successful breeding. Daytime temperatures should be around 32 degrees Celsius, dropping to 24 degrees at night.

4.
Offer a wide variety of food. Agama lizards feed mainly on insects such as locusts, dragonflies and crickets, which should be gut-loaded for a few days before feeding. Your agama may also enjoy fruit and vegetables. Adult agamas should be fed once a day, and just before breeding season you may find the female eats more.

5.
Increase your female’s calcium intake. Food should be dusted with calcium year-round to prevent calcium-related issues such as metabolic bone disease. You should apply more calcium powder just before breeding, or purchase a calcium and vitamin mix that is balanced for breeding agamas. You can make your own calcium supplement from well sanitised ground egg shells

6.
Create a safe area for your female to lay. You can use a wide bowl, or a box that fits into her vivarium. This should be covered with a thin layer of vermiculite to cushion the eggs. The female needs to be able to get in and out of the laying area easily.

7.
Watch your agama’s behavior toward each other. The male may begin to change colors to attract the female. When the female is ready to breed, it will open its hindquarters to the male. The mating process usually begins with the male nodding his head and can last a few minutes.

8.
Observe your female agama. If breeding was successful, the female should lay a large clutch of eggs, usually between 15 and 30, hopefully in the egg-laying area. The vivarium should incubate the eggs, and they will hatch two to four months after being laid.


**Remove the male from the female’s enclosure when you suspect pregnancy. Leave the female in the familiar vivarium, where she should feel safe enough to lay her eggs.


GOODLUCK breeding your first Agama lizard!!!

dreyjacs:

what is funny about this?

So everything can now be farmed ?

ajibolabd: what is dis one saying?

read the OP you will understand

Sparrow13: So everything can now be farmed ?

very soon we go hear " Learn how to farm house fly and mosquitoes"

Nice one @OP.
Although,i dont want to comment initially but the topic keep running through my mind.
Very good one but let me ask some questions here
Are you into the business?
Do you have agama breeding house?
If so,How do you do this business?
what market potential does it have?

will like to know more
who knows,it might be the next thing in livestock production in agribusiness.

@op am waiting for your mosquito farming tutorial e-book.

Lachynos2k2: @op am waiting for your mosquito farming tutorial e-book.

Na mosquito farming dey reign now for Nigeria. No need to give dem food. Just release dem every night make dem go drink people blood sotaaaay daybreak, until dem belle-full.

When Xmas or Ileya time reach, poor people when no get money to buy chicken or ram go come line up to buy Agric Mosquito when get body well-well, and sweet like correct bush-meat.

My siblings would be very shocked if they knew l opened this thread because of my historical aversion to everything LIZARD! God knows l killed multitude of lizards by stoning while growing up as l can bear the sight of them!

I'm horrified! People farm lizards Front page please

Na I see. I saw a guy expertly catching Lizards. His baco bag was half full of lizards. I wondered what he wanted to do with them. Hmmmm. Nija.....

Egbami oooooooo. Alaangba. Anyway I will research on it.

Rearing of geckos could be the next thread

Lesgupnigeria: Nice one @OP.
Although,i dont want to comment initially but the topic keep running through my mind.
Very good one but let me ask some questions here
Are you into the business?
Do you have agama breeding house?
If so,How do you do this business?
what market potential does it have?

will like to know more
who knows,it might be the next thing in livestock production in agribusiness.

sorry sir for my long absence. I am not into the business at the moment. The steps listed can be used for rearing for you own pleasure incase you are wary of picking the ones that live in the wild.
It is may be not yet practicable on a commercial/large scale.

krall: sorry sir for my long absence. I am not into the business at the moment. The steps listed can be used for rearing for you own pleasure incase you are wary of picking the ones that live in the wild.
It is may be not yet practicable on a commercial/large scale.

Ok

krall: sorry sir for my long absence. I am not into the business at the moment. The steps listed can be used for rearing for you own pleasure incase you are wary of picking the ones that live in the wild.
It is may be not yet practicable on a commercial/large scale.

Smart guy, very funny answer. Cant stop laughing.

egopersonified:

Smart guy, very funny answer. Cant stop laughing.

madam, no market for you to spoil today

chai one mans food is another mans poison

wonders shall never end

mount1ng:
Na I see. I saw a guy expertly catching Lizards. His baco bag was half full of lizards. I wondered what he wanted to do with them. Hmmmm. Nija.....

I have also seen a young man with a bagco bag filled with lizards. I called him aside and asked him what he wanted to do with them. He told me he has a contract with several Chinese restaurants at Apapa to supply Lizards. Now even though i don't eat lizards, i know very well that they are a good source of white meat just like Chicken, Snail, Rabbit, Octopus, Frogs, etc; and white meat is nutritious and poses less risk when compared to red meat.

please move this to the jokes section.

Na native doctors go be your customers be that...

Lalasticlala

if we continue like this, we'll begin the rear cockroach like china

coronavirus loading....

Interesting, so how does it taste in the mouth. Who is buying the Agama from you. Help us with picture of your own agama lizard farm

I have also seen a young man with a bagco bag filled with lizards. I called him aside and asked him what he wanted to do with them. He told me he has a contract with several Chinese restaurants at Apapa to supply Lizards. Now even though i don't eat lizards, i know very well that they are a good source of white meat just like Chicken, Snail, Rabbit, Octopus, Frogs, etc; and white meat is nutritious and poses less risk when compared to red meat.

Lizard are simple to catch, they are cold blooded animal, just go to where they sleep early in the morning before sun rises you will be picking them life