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I've never owned any monitor or tegu, I keep bearded dragons, leos, and chameleons but would like to own a monitor or tegu. I know they both require large cages (which im used to with beardies) but I dont have a bedroom to devote to a lizard so I was wondering which of all the species is the smallest or requires the least amount of space?
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coheed196
1.1 raptor leos (dorito, sunshine)
0.1 beardie (scarlet)
1.1 veiled chameleon (cricket,penny)
1.1 panther chameleon (apollo, athena)
0.1 albino burmese (peaches)
1.0 pit bull (ajax)
0.1 pyrenees mix

If you're worried about having a too big of an enclosure then a dwarf monitor would be your best bet. They still do require fairly good sized enclosures though. 5x4x4 atleast.

Monitors and tegus are similar in some ways but are not related at all.

Think hard and do your research before buying anything.

You want something that doesnt need huge cage look into ackies...
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Tom
1.2.0 Leopard Gecko (dot, spot, leo)
0.0.1 California King Snake (booboo)
0.1.0 Sulcata Tortoise (tank)
0.0.2 Russian Tortoise (tito and lulu)
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders (bernie and ernie)
0.0.3 Painted Turtles (larry, curly and moe)
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (marshmellow)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (beef)
1.0.0 Peachfront Conure (kermit)
0.1.0 Australian Shepheard (layla)
2.1.0 Crazy Cats (babe, sabastian, tinkerbell)
0.1.0 Lion Head Rabbit (daisy)
0.1.0 Ferret (jordan)
0.2.0 Guinea Pigs (lilly and petunia)
0.0.1 White Tree Frog (dumpy jr.)
0.0.2 Fire Belly Newts (spork and blaze)
0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad (ferdinan)
0.0.1 Red Spotted Newt ( red)
0.0.2 Bull Frogs (goliath and tubby)
0.0.1 Rainbow Ameive (jack)
0.0.1 Spectacled caiman (wilbert)
0.0.3 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Bahama Anole
0.0.1 Long Tail Grass Lizard
Lots Of Fish

There are many dwarf species out there, but ackies and storrs are awesome, storrs are smaller.
Tegus are a relative of the whiptail, the amevia, etc, a new world lizard, nowhere related in any way to the old world monitors. There are many differences in husbandry, but many similarities, do research beforehand.