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Hello,

Through some recents tank changes, animal losses, and new outdoor enviroments, I have found myself with two empty 55 gallon tanks!

This just won't do, so I need to find a cool herp to fill these tanks.

I'm looking for something that's "cool" (in my dictionary that means spiky, ugly, and wierd to most sane people >=) ) and most importantly that is easy to maintain.

If it can handle eating some sort of pellet food rather then live crickets/worms that would be a huge plus. However, I purchase a 1000 crickets every two weeks or so for my other reptiles (3 beareds, 3 firebellied toads, & 1 Emerald Swift), so it's not to big of a deal if they require them.

Whatever is recommened, please keep in mind that it has to able to live it's entire life in a 55 gallon tank, which measures 4ft long, 1ft deep, and 18in high.

Any recommendations that meet the requirments are greatly appreciated!

P.s: I will also be going to the Reptile show in Orlando this July, so if it's possilbe for me to purchase the reptile I choose there, that would be great

Ok, after some more research, I've come up with some "maybe" animals.

For the first tank, I'm thinking a pair of Long-Tailed Lizards, a pair of Green Anoles, and possbily a pair of Green Treefrogs (the frogs are very iffy, but if they are all compaitble with each other, then that'd be cool, if not then just the lizards).

This sound ok?

For the second tank, I'm thinking a pair of Sand Fish (Scincus scincus). Something about these guys just really grabs me
However, do you actually see them, or do they go down to the bottom and stay there for days & days only surfacing at that rare time for a split second?

I haven't completly researched all of these animals yet, just got a quick look at a couple caresheets, so if I'm sounding crazy here, feel free to slap me

Thanks for any comments/suggestions

55 gallons are poorly made for herps. If you know someone who repairs aquariums they could probably modify both and connect them to make a 110 gallon terrarium. Many more differen't herps could live in a 4' by 2' than a 4' by 1'. If you dont know of anyone, make a Vivarium for mantellas or poison dart frogs. Or make a bullfrog viv.
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Some thing neat... eats crickets If your in to it!

Try and find a glass lizzard !!

Better known as the legless lizzard.

I tipped a 55 on it's side and made nice plywood/plexi doors to better deal with the humidity and add floor space to accomodate my red blood python.

Highly reccomend a Uromastyx, fits all of your criteria, along with being the best Leezard ever.