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In response to HerpGirl's post below... To spark up some anole-related conversation, what anoles does everyone keep, here?

I've been keeping anoles (A. sagrei and A. carolinensis) for about nine years now, currently I only have one A. carolinensis, Duke. I've had him for a little over three years.

Here's a pic, sorry it's blurry. My digital camera doesn't seem to take up-close pics very well.

And one of his enclosure, which he shares with a small house gecko (Cosymbotus platyurus), Baron. We recently put in a few more horizontal branches, but I didn't feel like taking another pic as of yet

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Christina Miller
Herptiles.org

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1.0 Iguana iguana - Draco
1.0 Anolis carolinensis - Duke
0.1 Eublepharis macularis - Ocelot
1.0 Cosymbotus platyurus - Baron
1.0 Cynops orientalis - Hyper
1.0 Leiocephalus schreibersi - Turbo

Hi there,
The anole species i keep are:
1.1.3 anolis carolinensis
2.2 anolis aliniger
1.1.3 anolis bicaorum
1.1 anolis distichus dominicensis
1.1 anolis garmani
2.1 anolis lineatus
1.1 anolis roquet roquet
1.1 anolis roquet zebrilus
1.1.1 anolis roquet summus
1.1 anolis marmoratus marmoratus
1.1 anolis marmoratus speciosus

Unfortunately i dont have any pictures of them right now so i will post them later.

Thomas

Hi there,
The anole species i keep are:
1.1.3 anolis carolinensis
2.2 anolis aliniger
1.1.3 anolis bicaorum
1.1 anolis distichus dominicensis
1.1 anolis garmani
2.1 anolis lineatus
1.1 anolis roquet roquet
1.1 anolis roquet zebrilus
1.1.1 anolis roquet summus
1.1 anolis marmoratus marmoratus
1.1 anolis marmoratus speciosus

Unfortunately i dont have any pictures of them right now so i will post them later.

Thomas

Holy buckets! I feel like a slacker - just the one anolis carolinensis here.

el toro

Wow, a real anole aficionado

Great collection, can't wait until you post some pics!
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Christina Miller
Herptiles.org

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1.0 Iguana iguana - Draco
1.0 Anolis carolinensis - Duke
0.1 Eublepharis macularis - Ocelot
1.0 Cosymbotus platyurus - Baron
1.0 Cynops orientalis - Hyper
1.0 Leiocephalus schreibersi - Turbo

We have 2 green anoles and 2 green treefrogs and a tiny toad we found in the yard all together and appear to be happy. After we get the hang of it we would like to add more anoles. But I've heard you should only have one male and several females. Is this true? And can you keep several species of anoles together in the same habitat? I'd like to add at least one a. sergei to our greens. Thanks

Mixing species is usually not a good idea (here's an article on my site), but green anoles and green tree frogs can co-exist in a large and properly set-up habitat. The toad, though, I'm not so sure, you'll want to identify it's species and find out if it gets bigger than the tree frogs.

For this set up, I'd advise no smaller than a 30 gallon enclosure (either an aquarium, Reptarium or a custom-built cage- bigger is better, here). You'll have to research the needs of all three animals, and be sure to provide a warm basking spot for the anoles, a cool place to retreat to for the amphibians, soil for the toad to dig under and hide in and plenty of climbing perches for both the anoles and the tree frogs.

It is not advisable to house two male anoles in any enclosure, anoles are very territorial and males will stress each other out and even fight. In a 30-gallon enclosure, with two frogs and a toad, I wouldn't keep more than two female greens and a male, and even that's a little crowded (less is better).

I've mixed A. carolinensis and A. sagrei before with little problems... But bear in mind that this was a huge enclosure: Between 130-150 gallons. I've read that the browns are more agressive and even bully the greens in smaller enclosures, does anyone have any experience with this? In a 30-gallon, I kept a female brown with a male green with no problems. Could be that the males just shouldn't be housed with other male anoles?
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Christina Miller
Herptiles.org

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1.0 Iguana iguana - Draco
1.0 Anolis carolinensis - Duke
0.1 Eublepharis macularis - Ocelot
1.0 Cosymbotus platyurus - Baron
1.0 Cynops orientalis - Hyper
1.0 Leiocephalus schreibersi - Turbo

With most anole species the males are the animals that have a territorium witch they will defend to other males of their own species but verry often to animals of other species to. Placing two males together will often lead to stressed or dead animals even in a rather large tank.
Even female animals of most species (like a. carolinensis) are often found agressive towards other females. Ofcourse this depends on the species.

I would advice to keep only 1 male and 1 female together and maybe 2 females if the tank is big enough. I never keep more than 1 male and one female of the same species in the same tank. Some species like anolis distichus are less agressive and its possible to place several females with one male.

Thomas