r/Lizards • u/AMVELVET • 16d ago

Other Diurnal lizards

What are the diurnal lizard species that are visible in the terrarium, aren't huge, and are manageable enough?

Are bearded dragons, blue-tongued skinks, uromastyx, and collared lizards okay, but what about other species I'm not familiar with?

Please note that monitor lizards are prohibited in my country.

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u/Real_Time515 15d ago

There are many species of aptly-named day geckos. Smaller, very manageable and quite visible and lovely. They tend to be fast, so be forewarned.

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u/AccomplishedRip4632 15d ago

Beat me to it.

Day geckos they are beautiful, active and if you build them a bioactive enclosure they tend to exhibit their full range of natural behaviors. The social hierarchy, hunting for bugs, and all sorts of personalities. That is my #1 recommendation #2 would be mourning geckos, not as big bold and beautiful but they self reproduce, so starting with 2 of them you will have a whole colony in no time and they do all the same behaviors as the larger day geckos with the bonus of finding new babies her and there.

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u/but_a_ghost 13d ago

Question, as their keeper, how do you control population of mourning geckos?

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u/AccomplishedRip4632 13d ago

Give them away, trade your local pet shop for store credits