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Hello Kingsnake Forum-Goers. I've got a fairly straightforward questions that may have been asked before, but in a different scope that I would like to widen for this post.

I'm wondering what people would recommend as a non-distracting (noise, smell...) species of either reptile or amphibian for an office cubicle pet. I'm an experienced reptile keeper, with no-current experiences with amphibians, but am sharp (if I do say so myself! )and very keyed into the behavior of my herps.

I've got a large desk surface that is crying out for a colorful, enjoyable pet, and goldfish just won't cut it for me. I've got enough room for a 10 gallon tank (limiting, I know) give or take a bit. I'm considering an ornate pacman frog, but haven't settled on anything yet and wanted to know if others had different, possibly better ideas or warnings based in personal experience.

I'm really quite psyched about the upcoming Northern Berks Reptile Show in Valley Forge, PA and hoping to have done enough research to be able to responsibly pick a potential desk partner.

Looking forward to your input!

Baby Gaboon or Red Spitter would be nice. You could keep all your office worker stuff in the tank. Or the rare cube snake from Cuba, coiles up in a perfect square. vm

I like what I'm hearing, but my co-workers would like it a lot less! I already have a branch of my B. Dubia colony living in a rubbermaid under my desk that I'm sure would totally disgust most of my compatriots (and they're not even dangerous... darn).

I ended up not picking an animal up at the show over the weekend since I hadn't given enough time to research, but I'm keeping my eye on this thread for more viable suggestions!

The idea of a pac man is a good one, you could also try a pixie frog, it may be just mine, but he has a far better personality then any pac man I have had in the past. If it were not for the noise concern, I have a pair of grey tree frogs in an upright hexagon in a corner of my kitchen that was never used, they are so much fun to watch! But he can be a little loud (my parrot has learned his call now too, its pretty funny) I guess you could go with just a female, but it has been fun to watch them interact, and I heard females will compete for food. Best of luck!
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hanging out under heat lights burns up my brain cells!!

I second the pacman or pixie frog.
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Lisa Rakestraw
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My skinks:
1.1.1 Corucia zebrata (Berman and Joni, baby Charlemagne)
1.2.2 Eumeces schneideri (Kaa, Cochisa and their babies; Mabel)
0.0.4 Egernia striolata

As someone in a surpervisory position, I have to say this: Nowhere in your post do you indicate that you have managements permission to do this. Your corporate policies will determine what you may do with your work area. If anything were to happen-escapes, or leakage from an aquatic tank that damages (contaminates) company property, it could change managements perception about your judgement and affect your possibilities of advancement. A coworker of mine tried something like this with Xenopus. They kept escaping and were found in various places around the medical lab where I work and that frequently hosted client tours. This person was severely reprimanded and she eventually left the company because these incidents lowered the glass ceiling for her to where she currently was, even though she had the training and education to go places, but this killed those possibilities. If I were you, I would take the dubia and any other pets home and keep them there. Even if nothing were to happen, if you have herpetophobes in management, it could affect you, or create the impression that your mind is not on your job, from which you will be distracted whenever coworkers stop by and visit your pets. I have a 30 species collection and none of them are in my office.