ive never had a terrerium and i wanted an anole, would a so called "brown anole" or a "green anole" how many would be a safe number to have iun a ten gallon? could any fit in there? what do they prefer as plants etc?:help:
what would be a good setup
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ok thanks dude, now at the pet store there was a litterally mating in front of theplay, now should i ask for them, or the other one? are females any aggresive toward males or children etc.?
I have a 90g with three in it. They are pretty docile and don't move much unless your feeding them but then all bets are off.
I recommend if you get more than 1 you try your hardest to get females and one male.
The easiest way to tell their sex, although its not fool proof is to pick out the biggest ones.
Next check for a white stripe, If they are fully grown and have one they are most likely female.
Second thing watch them, if they frill out their neck and it turns red, plus they do pushups(you'll understand when you see it). Then most likely they're a male.
If they have stubby noses compared to the others in the tank they are most likely a female.
These aren't fool proof ways to identify them but when put together you have some pretty good chances. However they can throw some curveballs.
I recommend if you get more than 1 you try your hardest to get females and one male.
The easiest way to tell their sex, although its not fool proof is to pick out the biggest ones.
Next check for a white stripe, If they are fully grown and have one they are most likely female.
Second thing watch them, if they frill out their neck and it turns red, plus they do pushups(you'll understand when you see it). Then most likely they're a male.
If they have stubby noses compared to the others in the tank they are most likely a female.
These aren't fool proof ways to identify them but when put together you have some pretty good chances. However they can throw some curveballs.
A 10 gallon is really too small for anole. There really isn't enough space for them to thermoregulate in such a small tank. And Believe it or not but these guys have large territories in the wild. They do live in loose groups in the wild, but the bigger the enclosure the better. Color is not a very good way to sex this species because of it's color changing abilities and regional color differences. Best to go by what is mentioned about the pink throat fan. Also males usually are larger and have thinker necks with a slight crest behind the head. When keeping this or any other anole species, definitely keep only one male per enclosure.
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Extinct? Since when?
I agree, the best way to sex the lizards is to see if they have a large or small throat fan. When I lived in Florida, I used to see these guys every day basking on my patio in the mornings and the biggest one was chasing away all the other males that tried to bask in its space, so no more than one male in one enclosure. 10 gallons is too small for a green anole, I would say a 29 gallon mimimum for a pair.
Yeah, even in my 90g I only keep 4, and definetly only one male. He will pic the best place and defend it well.
Anyone ever breed these?
Anyone ever breed these?
i don't about trying, hehe 
,but i was lucky enough to get a female that laid an a small egg. Sadly it was about to hatch as somehow it didn't.
,but i was lucky enough to get a female that laid an a small egg. Sadly it was about to hatch as somehow it didn't.
They're not too hard to breed. I kept and bred 5 in a 75 gallon tank. Obviously it was 1 male and 4 females. It is very important to dust their food with calcium powder or it could cripple the female and kill her. She needs calcium at this time or she’ll start removing it from her bones. Place a small tuperware dish full of vermiculite in the cage and keep it warm but moist. Hopefully she'll lay the egg (they lay one at a time) in the tub and then you can remove it for incubating. They don't always bury their eggs and you might find them hiding around the tank. Remove the eggs pretty soon after they're laid. Make sure you don't turn! Place them directly in the vermiculite tub how you found them or you could damage the embryo. Poke some holes in the lid and close it. Incubate them between 84 and 86 degrees F. for 40 to 50 days. Keep the vermiculite moist and spray it ever other day. Hopefully the end result should be a baby Anole!