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I was just wondering of some speicies of lizard that can could live in a 55 gallon aqaurium as an adult. I would like to get a tegu or monitor, but the size and potential to eat me out of house and home is not good... My boa constrictors take that job. I was looking for something that eats a good deal of veggies and fruits and was really handible. I really love south american fauna, but it doesnt really matter in this case. I would like something from a rainforest.

I have considered a beardie, ackies, waterdragons(55 is probally to small for WD though...), basilisks... and that is it... what about prehensile tailed skinks?

Thanks in advance...
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Starkey
Mystic Eye

55 is too small for a WD. You could keep one good sized beardie in there. Ackies or Timor monitors would be ok. Also, fire skinks and crocodile skinks, and Rhacodactylus geckos. I think it's a bit small for even one PTS, and people say you should have those in pairs anyway. Uromastyx would be an option too, I think.
I find feeding mouse eaters cheaper than feeding insect eaters, just so you know.
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here are a few choices

almost all of the uromastyx species
1-2 beardeds
a small group of the smaller agamas
1-2 honduran club tailed iguanas
2-3 collared lizards
leopard lizards
possibly any of the basilisks
2-3 emerald swifts
blue tongue skinks
monkey tailed skink if it is tall enough
sheltopusik
plated lizard
day geckos
tokay geckos
new caledoian giant geckos
leaf tailed geckos
ridge tailed monitors
chilean dwarf tegus
greeen ameivas
Hope this list helps I was trying to give you plenty of choices
nick