What Can I Keep In This 4 Feet Tank?

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I have a 48 inches long x 18 inches wide and high tank. My idea of setup:

Good lighting, plants, rock and sand substrate with one side land and one side water. What can I keep inside it? At first I was thinking a small turtle or a Pacman frog, but I cannot keep more than one Pacman frog together, right?

Can't decide. Any suggestions would help. :) Thank you.
 
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Get a colony of Halloween crabs or a pair of one of the larger gecko species (tokays, skunks, vorax, giant day geckos).
 
Crabs stink so bad, I tried once and the water was smelling horribly. And I am not a fan of those geckos.

I am thinking of reptiles like lizards and turtles or amphibians.
 
You could turn it into an amphibian tank with fire belly toads and with some kind of aquatic to semi aquatic newt species that would be awesome and it would work just fine I bet I mix amphibians all the time and I haven't had a single problem even when people told me oh you can't mix a leopard frog with a whites tree frog well I did that and its working out great. If you don't like my idea pacman frogs great but can only be kept singly as they are very territorial and will fight to the DEATH if you mix them so please don't attempt it I have seen many try it and all have come out with HORRIBLE results. If you want to go with the turtle you could try something like a small musk or mud turtle you may even be able to get away with a african sideneck turtle/pelomedus subrufa those are pretty cool but they are solitary and witll KILL any other turtle in the tank with them.
 
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You could turn it into an amphibian tank with fire belly toads and with some kind of aquatic to semi aquatic newt species that would be awesome and it would work just fine I bet I mix amphibians all the time and I haven't had a single problem even when people told me oh you can't mix a leopard frog with a whites tree frog well I did that and its working out great. If you don't like my idea pacman frogs great but can only be kept singly as they are very territorial and will fight to the DEATH if you mix them so please don't attempt it I have seen many try it and all have come out with HORRIBLE results. If you want to go with the turtle you could try something like a small musk or mud turtle you may even be able to get away with a african sideneck turtle/pelomedus subrufa those are pretty cool but they are solitary and witll KILL any other turtle in the tank with them.
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Thank you for your kind reply. I was actually thinking of Pacman frogs and there is a new stock available now. I was thinking of getting them but then when I found out that they do not mix, I stopped right there. I am sure it will also be disastrous to house a Pacman frog with a turtle in the same tank right? I will just house one pacman frog in my 2 feet tank then.

I was tempted to get a baby Alligator Snapping turtle since they grow so slow, but I am still uncertain.

Is there any semi aquatic / aquatic lizards small enough to be housed in a 4 feet tank?
 
Hmmm I would say for a semi aquatic lizard you could go with a baby chinese water dragon but they grow big and require large enclosures as adults. I would just go with salamanders or newts they are semi aquatic to aquatic and are super cool. A really cool frog would be a american bullfrog those are really cool but can be loud if it is a male I prefer them more since you only feed pacman frogs once a week while with american bullfrogs it's once a day and the coolest salamander is the tiger salamander they get to about 14 inches and are voracious feeders just like the bullfrog. Also DONT MIX TURTLES WITH FROGS EVER if you mixed a pacman frog with a carnivourus turtle like a african side neck turtle that would just be a huge mess and disaster waiting to happen the turtle would decapitate,kill and then eat the frog never underestimate turtles frog don't have teeth turtles have beaks which they use to tear apart and take chunks out of larger prey frog are part of turtles diets in the wild. I had a 4 inch african side neck turtle with a 10 inch yellow belly slider and the african side neck turtle decapitated the slider without a problem like a sharp knife through butter. And I would strongly advise turning away from the alligator snapping turtle even though they grow slow when they turn into adults they can easily take off a finger or if they are large mangle your hand stick with a more beginner turtle you wont have to worry about eventually turning into a dinosaur.
 
I absolutely love my baby alligator snapper. In my experience though its better to use a small tank/tub for them as babies so you can monitor feeding easier. For your tank though Ive seen some really cool set ups like you are describing with water snakes, Nerodia sp. You would need to upgrade the tank size down the road but they are fascinating snakes to watch in captivity especially to watch them hunt fish. Small turtles like musk Sternotherus and Kinosternon may also work in a set up like that just without the snake. :) Good luck its always fun to look at an empty tank and imagine the possibilities.
 
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