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A friend of a friend said she once had a small snake in the same enclosure as a flying gecko, and they got along perfectally. I wanted to do that too. Can anyone help?

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Ok....What kind of snake did she have?

Obviously the two main criteria that have to be addressed here are:

1) What species can you put together that won't try to eat each other?

2) What snake and lizard require similar cage/care requirements?

The first questionis the toughest as many snakes eat lizards so you would need a species that doesn't or that is way too small to threaten your gecko. Small snakes like ringnecks, for example would eat small anole sized lizards but would ignore something the size of a flying Gecko.

If the snake prefers burrowing it would not come in contact with the flying Gecko that often. So a habitat that has options for burrowing and climbing would help. As to other factors, light, heat, humidity that would need to be on a case by case basis.

Ultimately my hat is off to your friend since she succeeded in a difficult mix.

Frank
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I am making a terrarium in a 50 gallon tank, with a small stream, and a fog maker, kept warm. im not sure what snake she had, she never told me and i dont know her any more.

its not wise to mix animals from different regions in the same caging, keep that in mind

Rough green snake.

id be veary leary of putting a rough green snake in a terrirum setup with another animal, especially a setup with that high of a humidity and constant moisture. The snake will probably develop water blisters and such. I would make that terrarium just strictly for frogs/lizards/whatnot, and do your snake a favor and put it in its own place. It doesn't need all those stressors.
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-Chris

0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat
1.0 Black Rat
0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.0 Green Tree Python
0.1 Texas Bairds Rat

The educated are the few. The uneducated are the masses.

North American Rat / Corn Snake Care Sheet

You'd have a hard time keeping them healthy in a lower humidity. These snakes thrive in the same environments that support anoles and tree frogs, and although the presence of the snake increases the stress of the anoles,at first, they can get along.