I'm interested in looking at some arboreal lizards that spend almost all of their time arboreally. I had a thread a few days ago where I asked about arboreal setups withs a water substrate (a few inches of water covering the bottom of the enclosure) and given the responses I received I feel I can move forward with this idea. Originally I was looking into perhaps getting a green tree monitor in this kind of setup, but considering their price and the required enclosure size (6' tall, 4' wide and 2' deep) they are quite a bit out of my range. So I guess I'm looking for a highly arboreal lizard that would be able to stay in a medium-sized (around 60 gallons) enclosure for life, and would work well with a water-substrate setup. The water would be filtered continuously and changed regularly. So, any suggestions?
Smaller highly arboreal lizards?
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Green anoles are very arboreal and stay quite small. They would be a bit exotic to you too since they are not found out your way. You can actually keep 5 or so in an enclosure that size too, the only tricky thing will be keeping the crickets from drowning.
Er...I was hoping for something maybe a bit bigger than anoles...I was thinking maybe a monkey tailed skink? Or perhaps some kind of gecko like a Tokay or giant day? I'm willing to get a larger enclosure, I just think a 6 foot tall one is a bit too much...
Will do, thanks! I was also thinking about PMing Shells-N-Scales about the Abronia Graminea, as I've heard they stay relatively small...In addition to plenty of branches to climb on, I would consruct a few ledges large enough to support the full size of the animals, so they would have dry flat ground to sit on when they wanted.
there do stay small and are nice but are more expensive than a green tree monitor and are almost always wild caught and come in with parasites.
snakeguy101;4146983; said:
whoa whoa whoa..... yes the current abronia that have come in within the last 6months are most likely WC, but people do breed them.... but no one likes forking over $700 for CBB babies-$1500 for CBB Adults. If someone really want a certain animal species they will pay whatever they want for them... At one time green tree moniters where in the $1000 range for babies, and like anything else, once people start working with them, the price will slowly go down.
Plus abronia are easier to house if like doing the whole Vivarium type of enclosure; with live plants like orchids, and bromelids and all that jazz. Tree Moniters, dont lend themselves well to live plants...