A short term study on the growth of garden lizards in the laboratory

Male garden lizards weighing between 2 to 17.5 g and having a snout to vent length range of 4.5 to 8.7 cm were collected from nature during the breeding season and reared in the laboratory at 28 +/- 2 degrees C for a period of 6 months. There was a high mortality rate but those which survived showed excellent positive correlation between bodyweight and time (r = 0.97, P is less than 0.001) and between S-V length and time (r=0.98, P is less than 0.001). The length and body weight relationship during the period of study was also highly significant (r=0.99, P is less than 0.001).