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Welcome to Kiwi´s Web Page!

baby ig
July, 1998 - Age 2 weeks?

Hi, I'm the largest reptile in the Ziring household, and my name is Kiwi. Sometimes, feeders used to call me 'Shortstop' because I looked like Mike Bordick (former shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles). More recently, they've started calling me 'The Desolator' because I like to have a bit of fun moving knick-knacks around while they're out of the house. When I was little, I was very timid, but now that I've reached adult size, my male nature has emerged: I'm bold, outgoing, and lazy. You can follow my growth in the chart and graphs below.

    Measure
    Date
    Length (inches)
     Overall  Snout-vent
    5 Jul 98 11 3/8 3 1/8
    12 Aug 98 13 1/4 3 5/8
    2 Oct 98 17   4 7/8
    3 Nov 98 21 1/2 5 1/2
    30 Jan 99 27 7 5/8
    19 Mar 99 29 3/8 8 3/8
    15 Apr 99 31 9 1/4
    30 Jun 99 38 1/2 11 1/2
    28 Aug 99 45 1/4 13 7/8
    31 Oct 99 49 1/2 15 1/2
    20 Nov 99 50 1/2 15 1/2
    13 Jan 00 51 3/4 161/4
    19 Feb 00 53 16 1/2
    5 May 00 54 1/2 17 1/4
    15 Sep 00 55 1/2 18
    15 Jan 01 56 7/8 18 1/4
    30 Jun 02 60 19

    Color: green
    Eye color: brown
    Weight: 11 lbs.
    Gender: male
    Birth date: 6/1/98 ?
     
    First year's
    growth chart
    Three year growth chart

My full taxonomic name in the animal kingdom is: phylum CHORDATA, class REPTILIA, subclass LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA, order SQUAMATA, suborder Sauria, family Iguanidae, species Iguana iguana.

The picture above was taken in mid-July 1998. I came to live with Neal and Julie Ziring on July 3, 1998. Before that, I lived at House of Tropicals in Glen Burnie, MD [no web site yet]. I was born on a crowded green iguana farm in San Salvador in early June, 1998.


Kiwi's Growth in Pictures



Young Iguana Care

Note: I now weigh over 100 times as much as when this picture was taken!



Great Iguana Links

 


For many more links, visit the home page of my late predecessor, Yoshi.

You can also visit the page of my small associate, Sidney the bearded dragon.

lounging lizard
Kiwi enjoying the sunshine on NIAD, September 9, 2000


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This page written by Neal Ziring, last modified 4/17/06.