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U do not have to make a big fuss over my question.If u don't think it is a good idea just say that.Instead of saying mixing species is a bad idea, just ansewer my question can a Bibron's gecko live with an anole?We should be helping each other not critising each other
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OK..I admit I am one of the mixers. I do mix species in almost all of my tanks -since deacades! Nevertheless they tend to live long (I have some lizards older than 10, 15 or 20 years) and are quite prolific.
But combinations are chosen carefully and I do have long standing experience.
The presence of a non conspecific cagemate IMHO may even enrich the artificial territory, which is extremely poor in external stimuli in comparison to natural habitats.
In contrast to mixing species, I tend to seperate individuals of the same species into different tanks and only introduce them to each other for mating. Many lizards do not live social in the wild and the permanent presence of a cagemate of its own species may cause much more irritation and stress than the presence of others.
Strange enough that this topic is largely ignored by those people who always shout loud not to mix species-the same guys do add a potential rival for food and territory to many of their lizard setups when they keep males and females together. Even thiugh it often works quite wqell, its by no means "less mixing" than mixing carefullyx selected species.
That as a short excurs.

Bibrons are rockdwellers of arid regions. They are among the less agressive geckos and can be mixed well with other species. Especially with cordylids or smaller Gerrhosaurus this works well.
But I do not know of any anole present in the pet trade which would benefit from the microclimatic conditions a Pachydactylus turneri (almost all the "bibrons" in the pet trade do belong to turneri and not bibroni) needs.
So I would not recommend to mix bibrons with anoles.
If at all, combination with A. sabanus may be a compromise-but still not an optimum case.

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Ci@o

Ingo

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Christina Miller
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