What's a good starter reptile?
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+1. There are good "starters" of most types of herp
Sorry just saw the rest of it. Wouldn't recommend chameleons, they're finicky and not really great for handling.
I haven't kept any, but I hear blue tongued skinks are great. Either that or a bearded dragon.
Water dragons are good pets but require lots of space. for a young one your budget will do for an enclosure, but when adult, he will need something far larger. I would say its a great pet. Supplement his diet and provide uv rays of course.
Im trying to sell my leopard gecko if your intrested
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I suggest a uromastyx. one oof the smaller sp. can fit in a 40 breeder, and they are very personable. They are also vegetarians, so that will make feeding much easier. pm me if you have questions or want reasons to get one..
If you want to go cheap get something like a house gecko, a green tree frog, or a anole
these can be housed individually in a ten gallon tank, and the anole and gecko change colors so that should work
these animals are small, friendly and easy to take care of these should work great for your kid
Should try a leopard gecko cool little pets very easy to take care of and love to be out also very tame my little sister has 2 and she is only 13 she has had them over 2 years very good pet for kids also can get great morphs
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I would suggest a crested gecko. If your house stays in the 70s you wouldn't need a heating element as they thrive at temperatures we are comfortable in. They don't require a uvb bulb or supplementary lighting because they are nocturnal and get all their vitamins from their food. There is a highly respected powder diet that you mix with water to the consistency of baby food and it has all the vitamins and nutrients they need for their whole lives as a staple. It's made by Repashy and they have different flavors too. 
I bought my crested gecko as a baby and housed it in a sliding screenlid 10gallon turned on it's side(will need to be upgraded as needed). Get a misting every night and morning, fresh Repashy every other day, occasional treats in the form of crickets or fruits. The only problems on them is they are nocturnal and you'll only see them at night (I'm up late anyway) and if their tails fall off they never come back.
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I bought my crested gecko as a baby and housed it in a sliding screenlid 10gallon turned on it's side(will need to be upgraded as needed). Get a misting every night and morning, fresh Repashy every other day, occasional treats in the form of crickets or fruits. The only problems on them is they are nocturnal and you'll only see them at night (I'm up late anyway) and if their tails fall off they never come back.
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I'd say either a bearded dragon or leopard gecko. Neither require high humidity and are extremely tame. Your son will definitely wanna hold his new pet. Leopard geckos stay smaller, the largest I've seen was about 7" and don't require a uv light since they're nocturnal. There are also hundreds of different morphs out there that he can choose from. Bearded dragons max out around 2ft and will start off eating crickets but as they get older will start eating vegetables more. They do require a uv light and a bigger cage as they grow though, but they're way more tame. You can set a beardy on your shoulder and it'll be content just chillin and won't even try to walk away
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