10 gallon tank

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Connor0729

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hi guys/girls. i recently emptied a ten gallon tank, and i'm looking at putting in some kind of herp. anything from lizards to treefrogs to turtles(?) to snakes(?). i'm open to anything that costs less than 100 bucks and can live in this tank for life.

by the way, i have a small/medium amount of experience with reptiles and amphibians. i've kept fire belly newts and fire belly toads, and i've bred leos and dwarf toad headed agamas.
 
You could do fire bellies if you wanted. There is also several anole species, leopard geckos, male map turtles, stinkpots, other musk turtles, mud turtles, DeKay's snakes, redbelly snakes, any US treefrog, rain frogs(a.k.a. reedfrogs), cricket frogs, eastern narrowmouth toads, an American toad, Fowler's toad, oak toads, and woodhouse toads, of which there is now a pretty nice looking albino form. Those are just a few of the many.
 
thanks for the great post. any other suggestions out there? anything that i could maybe breed in a 10 gallon?

ps. i'm not against collecting wild specimens, so if anyone can suggest some ontario natives (salamanders, toads, frogs), that'd be great.
 
10 gallons are really small for most herps. You could keep a small toad or salamander in there. Maybe a small species of ground gecko, but that's pushing it. No turtles.
 
i wasn't gonna go with turtles, 'cause they get to big. i'm thinking about either a female leopard gecko, a pacman frog, or firebelly newts or frogs.

what do you guys think will work best?
 
I believe you could keep a pacman frog in their, but don't take my word on it. Wait till some of the other members who have Pacmans reply.
 
Connor0729;1209972; said:
i wasn't gonna go with turtles, 'cause they get to big. i'm thinking about either a female leopard gecko, a pacman frog, or firebelly newts or frogs.

what do you guys think will work best?
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For breeding try the firebellies. Males have webbing almost to the tips of their toes on the hind feet, while females only have webbing half way. A lone pacman might work, if it was a male. Females get a good bit larger than the males. Spring peepers would be a good native choice, as you could keep 3-4 in there. You could actually keep a breeding pair of leos in a 10 gallon, but you would need another tank for babies. That applies to just about anything you want to breed. Eastern newts would be an excellent choice, as you could keep 5 in a 10 gallon with no problems. The only trouble would be breeding and raising, where you would have to have several tanks: one for the breeders, one for larvae, one for efts, and one for young adults. And actually, ONE specimen of one of the smaller mud or musk turtle species would work in a ten gallon, since they only get 4-5". You would just need strong filteration or make near 100% water changes everyday.
 
There's a couple other lizards that will go in there, but none for under $100 buck I believe except for a few house gecko species.
 
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