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Hello i'am trying to convince my parents to let me get a new pet. I want a reptile of any sort, that is sorta easy to tame and not to expensive anywhere between the price range of $20-$50 dollars and is easy to take care of i'am not to found of turtles so I might not want one of those and my mom dosent want me to have a snake. I found a ground skink about a week ago and i just let it go a yesterday although I didint want to I had to because I knew it should be in the wild. I'am only 13 and i will greatly appreciate any animals that you recommend if you pick one will you tell me some information about it so i can tell my mom why it is a good pet to choose i already have a 20 gallon aquarium and it is long not wide please i need your help

well If you want something that can eventually live in a twenty gallon here are some

1-3 adult leopard geckos
1-4 pictus geckos
possibly a bearded dragon if you let him walk around your room every day or 2

these are the ones I can think of right now.If I think of anymore Ill post them
Nick

thanks alot for your help i have been pretty intrested in the leopard geckos and the bearded dragons is there a site that will help with there housing that you can think of?

I don't think an adult beardie in a 20 would have room to thermoregulate properly..

They are, by far, the easiest reptile to keep. They tame down very easily, can live up to 20 years, they don't get terribly huge, are relatively inexpensive and are very easy to breed if you ever want to try it.

Here are some great places to check out for info:

www.drgecko.com/index.html

www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/6061/leocare.html

www.leopardgecko.com/emcare.html

www.acc50.attcanada.net/jinx/herps/indexcaresheetindex.html

Hope this helps. Leopard geckos are, by far, the best lizard pet for a beginner, and experts love them, too
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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

thanx all of you have been helpful and how many eggs does a female lay usually

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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

thankz