Blue Spiny Swift for Sale

The Blue Spiny Swift (Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys) is a species of lizard that ranges from the United States in southern Texas, through the eastern states of Mexico, to Central America in Guatemala and Belize.This is a stocky, grayish-brown lizard with white spots on the head and back and a distinctive white-bordered black collar around the neck. Males have a blue-green sheen to the back and a blue chin, throat and belly. The scales of the back feel very rough, for each scale bears a keel ending in a sharp spine.

Also called the Blue Spiny Lizard

Size of a Blue Spiny Swift

As the biggest of the spiny lizards, Blue Spiny Swifts can be up to 14 inches in length, including the tail. Tails are longer than the body.

Feeding Your Blue Spiny Swift

Blue Spiny Swifts are primarily insectivorous. Adults should be fed three to four times per week. Juveniles should be offered food daily. A variety of insects can be offered, including crickets, meal worms, wax worms, king worms, and butter worms. Insects should be gut-loaded and if required, dusted with vitamin supplements twice a week.

Caging Requirements for Your Blue Spiny Swift

Housing/Habitat: This species is usually quiet easy to keep as they do not require a large amount of space to keep and seem to do well at a temperature of around 77 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit, 1 adult animal can be kept in a 30 or 40 gallon tank or vivarium and are best kept by themselves. You can decorate the tank with wood, live plant's, sand substrate and rock's, this species seems to do best in a desert or tropical like aquarium or vivarium type setup with a basking area and some moss, chola wood for hiding places, and a water dish large enough too climb into, and keep the water clean by changing it every other day, also keep a water spray bottle handy to mist down the setup every 2 to 3 days and this will also help with your' pet's shedding, they also enjoy a basking area, some people also use a small heat pad at one end of the setup so the animal can move to and from heat as it needs.

Temperatures: A thermal gradient should be provided for the Blue Spiny Swift. Daytime temperatures should be 75° F with a basking area of 95° F. Nighttime temperatures for the Blue Spiny Swift can be maintained at 70° F

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Sexing

We do our best to sex your animals correctly. However, we do not guarantee sexing.

Shipping Information

$39.99 for for any number of animals to anywere in the United States only.

Health Certificate: The following states may require a $20 Health Certificate to ship animals. GA, VA, WA, WV, MT, OH, UT. We will notify you if this affects your order.

All Live Animals are shipped Priority Overnight Delivery to your door from Fedex or UPS. Orders received are generally processed and shipped the day after they are received. Full details regarding our Shipping Methods can be found here.

Expected Delivery Dates

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Animal Photos

Please note that the photos on our website are a representative of that species and the actual animal you receive may differ from the photo.

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