Unpopular opinions, Reptiles

[The Masked Shadow]

I also have a desert tortoises. Tortoises actually enjoy running around and exploring new areas. Mine are kept in a large pen outside. Beardies are hit and miss. Mine is calm some days and a menace the others. You should be fine in that size tank, but if possible, bigger is better.

 

[Friller2009]

I also have a desert tortoises. Tortoises actually enjoy running around and exploring new areas. Mine are kept in a large pen outside. Beardies are hit and miss. Mine is calm some days and a menace the others. You should be fine in that size tank, but if possible, bigger is better.

I love tortoises, if I could keep the legally in Australia, I would be overrun with them! Desert tortoises are native to the USA I believe. I would say that only Pogona henrylawsoni and Pogona minor (minor, mitchelli and minima) could be kept in a tank that small,

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Desert Tortoises are indeed native to the USA. Specifically the desert area of California (where I live) as well as Arizona and I believe Mexico. They are critically endangered in the wild, though I seem to find them often on roads and on hikes.

 

[Friller2009]

Desert Tortoises are indeed native to the USA. Specifically the desert area of California (where I live) as well as Arizona and I believe Mexico. They are critically endangered in the wild, though I seem to find them often on roads and on hikes.

From Endangered Species International: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is found in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in North America. It is listed as "threatened" under the United States federal Endangered Species Act and is considered “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

 

[The Masked Shadow]

From Endangered Species International: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is found in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in North America. It is listed as "threatened" under the United States federal Endangered Species Act and is considered “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Huh must’ve looked at the wrong tortoise species…Wikipedia says critically endangered. Makes more sense for them to be threatened or vulnerable

 

[Fallen_Leaves16]

Not about reptiles, but in my opinion, PDFs (poison dart frogs) and mantellas are rather easy to keep/take care of if you have a good source of fruit flies. I've kept golden mantellas, tincs, and E. anthonyi, and the biggest challenge was feeding them (which wasn't as big of a challenge as one freshly-made culture would last up to a month given that I tossed in some extra food and excelsior every now and then); I see so many people claiming that PDFs are difficult to keep, but other than dusting and culturing fruit flies every now and then, misting daily, managing plant growth, draining the false bottom as needed (probably every 3 or so months), and a couple other menial tasks (plus the initial setup), they're not that difficult to keep; honestly, I've had more problems keeping licorice gouramis and tiny nano fish than PDFs. They're really underrated pets IMO.

 

[Hybridfish7]

So early in my research, and based on what petsmart/petco advertises, you can successfully keep multiple anoles together with other small lizards and frogs.
My green anole starved out a Bahaman anole and had to be separated from my giant day. Not because I was afraid the anole would get eaten, but because the anole had already started cutting up the gecko and I thought he would kill it.

I think your main problem was trying to mix species like that

 

[Deadeye]

I think your main problem was trying to mix species like that

Realized that one the hard way