reptiles for exo-terra terrarium?

Question

i have an exoterra 12x12 terrarium and already have a small frog in it...but im not gonna keep the frog forever since i caught it in my yard.....and i was wondering if anyone could suggest any reptiles or amphibians that could live in the terrarium the rest of their lives? and include basic care?

Answer 1

That's a pretty small terrarium so a 12-foot python or an alligator won't work here...

You have a lot of choices here. You should consider animals that interest you and that do not require too much care.

I'm interested in reptiles, particularly snakes, and there are a number that would do well in your terrarium.

I don't know where you live so I don't know what might be available that you can catch yourself. But some of the best choices might be a garter snake (small and easy to care for), an anole/chameleon (very small and easy to care for), or a small aquatic turtle (small, at least at the start, and easy to care for).

I won't offer you information on care because you can find that information on Google or on a reptile web site (such as www.repticzone.com). Bear in mind that lizards and turtles require some sunlight; snakes do not.

The main reason I mention something you can catch is because, at some point, you may not want to keep the animal any more. If so, you can release it near where you found it. You can't do that with species that come from distant places.

Good luck.

Answer 2

You can keep most geckos in that size of tank, such as Crested, smaller Day species, Flying, House, Crocodile, Bribon's, Skunk, Gargoyle, etc. You could also keep various smaller lizards such as a variety of Anole, Long-Tailed Lizards, or some other miscellaneous small lizard. You're really just targeting arboreal lizards since the tank is taller than it is long and is thus more advantageous to tree-climbers or glass-climbers. Avoid Iguanas, Chameleons, Water Dragons, Mountain Horned Dragons, Frilled Dragons, Basilisks, and Sailfin Dragons; all of those can't feasibly be housed in a tank that size for their entire lives.

Answer 3

depends on what you're interested in keeping. If you're okay with spending the money to buy crickets, or starting a cricket colony, and if you're new to keeping reptiles, get a gecko, leapord geckos are the most common, and they come in many many pretty colours. They eat crickets and some vegetables (as far as i've seen), and there is premade gecko food (looks kinda like baby food) that has directions, but the crickets are kind of necessary, they give a boost of protein. If you'd rather not feed crickets, and like the gecko idea, look at crested geckos, they can live off of baby food, and if you ever want to, a cricket or two can be for a treat. I'm assuming that 12x12 is 12 in x 12 in, so you want to stay with smaller lizards, or even a small turtle, however, turtles you have to be careful with, as they can carry salmonella. If you're interested in longer living lizards, and are prepared to keep up with the heat requirements, look into uromastyx, or bearded dragons, my boyfriend has a bunch of both, and they're fairly nice, and pretty easy to take care of, we toss sweet potatoe, and lettuce leaves in, june bugs in the summer, and they lap them all up. Just make sure that they have water, as with almost all animals.

Answer 4

Any small lizard, Green Anoles, Long-Tailed Lizards, Bohemian Anoles, Green Tree frogs, Smaller breeds of skink, that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Just search reptiles and amphibians on the net and pick some small ones.