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Anyone wanna help me out??? this was suggested to me as one of the only combos that woudl work to live in a 80 gallon tank
Opinions on this???
Both seem veyr similar in what they need in the tank, diet, lighitng etc.....

what would i need in tank, i knwo a basking light,, but what else

thanks guys

80 gallon is a good size for these to live together (depending on the skinks see second paragraph). The key it how many though? 2 of each 3? I would not go higher than three of each at the very most, and only 1 male either anole or skink, unless you want the ocasional fighting between species. Since your talking about 2 types of lizzards then I would make sure there are multiple basking and cool down spots. If you have 2 males then it is CRITICAL to have multiple so the non- dominate male has a spot as well.

The only thing I can not say for certain is the tempermant of the skinks. I am not sure on how aggressive they are. If they are very territorial then even mixing females is not going to work for you. I see you posted in the skinks fourm as well so maybe someone there can help you out with tempermant. It sounds like your going to have a wonderful setup though.

Shaon
Complete Anole care

thank you

I'm gonna put in 2 anoles and 2 skinks....
so all females??? or 1 male and 1 female for the naoles andf skinks?

My personal opinion would be all female, but that is only because I would not want any babies. Also females are less likely to give a hoot about territory though if there is a significant size difference between any of the lizzards you may see some aggresion, but I would think not much if they are all female.

If you get a male though only do one male either anole or skink not both....(Mainly because I have no idea how that would work out but I would assume not good)

Shaon94

They shouldn't interact much anyway if you get aerboreal anoles, e.g. green anoles(A.Carolinensis), because the skinks are ground dwellers anyway aren't they? If i am correct, then they should be fine if there is both basking spots on the ground and up in the branches, because the anoles would bask high up in the branches whilst the skinks being ground dwellers would bask on the ground.

sand, lid, plant, thermometer. don't do the mixture. my skink ate my anole!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get a long tailed grass and anole or jabalara any of those three types go with each other i've tried it. the anole and jabalara get along very well. (female jabalara and male anole) the anole loves the jabalara.