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[thrillbillie12]

me and the gf bought a lizard at the beach a few days ago. it was an impulse buy but i figured i had an empty ten gal tank laying around why not. for the most part everything is going great, at first he did not want to eat the meal worms we bought at the beach but today we bought some live crickets and he loved them. im just looking for size info, life span, and whats the best home i can give him. i do have a heat lamp on the tank now as well as the light from the fish tank. would a heat rock be any better. and if it helps he will turn from green to brown.

 

[Alexxxxsv14]

green anole maybe

 

[josh11]

green anole. really cheap lizard. i mean to buy.

 

[Noto]

That's a green anole, Anolis carolinensis. Here's a decent caresheet: http://www.reptilehabitat.com/green_anoles.htm. Your 10 gallon is fine, though a 20 gallon would be even better.

 

[thrillbillie12]

thanks for the quick responses guys. if you guys have any other useful and helpful info that would be amazing.

 

[Noto]

Give the lizard plenty of perches. They can climb on the glass and screen, but it is better for them to have branches or plants to rest on. You want moderate humidity and good ventilation; I suggest a screen top that is half covered with glass, plastic, etc. Chopped coconut fiber (e.g. Eco Earth, Bed-a-Beast) is a great substrate. Keep it moist but not soggy. Some people have had anoles learn to drink from a bowl, but it is generally better to provide droplets for them to drink. Just use a spray bottle and mist the whole cage morning and evening. Tap water is fine.

The anole will be more active, colorful, and healthy if it feels secure, so provide lots of cover. Hollow logs, cholla sticks, cork rounds, and real or silk plants are great for this.

Anoles are insectivores. Crickets are a fine staple, just be sure to gutload and/or dust them. Small earthworms, phoenix worms, and small roaches are great. Waxworms are OK for occasional treats, but are too fatty for a staple. If you feed mealworms or superworms, be sure to crush the heads first (they can chew up the lizard's stomach after being swallowed otherwise), and even then don't feed too often, as they are mostly indigestible chitin. Wild-caught insects such as moths, grasshoppers, and flies are good so long as you collect them from pesticide-free areas. Avoid beetles, butterflies, ants, wasps, bees, aphids, and true bugs, as many are toxic or indigestible.

Some anoles like fruit; you can try offerring a little mashed up banana or other sugary fruit, or fruit-flavored baby food.

 

[coura]

Ditto but anoles dont eat and shouldnt be fed earthworms, also I dont recomend at all normal mealworms or superworms, but you can feed ocasionaly mealworms that have recently molted their shell and so are much softer and easier to digest. Very cool litle lizards, have a 7 year old male myself the correct way of keeping him warm is with ligths, dont ever use hot rocks, and he also needs a good uv ligth. These are great for outdoor enclusures with mosqito mesh and alot of tropical plants like Ficus and Cordyline. A good way to build a mister with zero cost is by making alot of small pin holes in a plastic botle cap, skeze the plastic botle filled with water and voila.