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don't bring up dead topics plz this topic was made over a year ago.
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| Chuckawalas get a good size, and I concur about the Egyptian mastigures. Although as far as a good pet lizard, I'm partial to the Uromastyx genus. I've had other lizards, and they were cool (anoles, rock agamas, etc.), but the Uros are amazing! They have such personality, don't get an extremely large size (save the U. aegypticus), and are primarily vegitarian. The colors of most are amazing, especially the Ornate, Moroccan, Saharan, and the Benti's. Check out Deer Fern Farms...they have great pics! Some people are turned off by the supposed difficult requirements to maintain them, however, if you keep them on a natural substrate and allow for some microclimate, they're a breeze. Oh, and they aren't inclined to bite like some other lizards, they're quick, and you might get a tail lashing at worst. That's a shocker! Check out my U. geyrii, Dante. He's a High Yellow Saharan.
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| well, I think all reptiles and amphibians are the best they can be in the wild, but if you are to get a lizard, I would suggest getting one that's been in the hobby for a long time. Those that have been in the hobby for long are actually used to being in captivity. So, leopard geckos, possibly crested geckos, and bearded dragons. But in my opinion, leopard geckos shouldn't be kept in just 10 gallon aquariums. I like reptiles and I'm not trying to discourage keeping reptiles, but, I just think if you're going to keep one, try to stay with the ones that require less needs and are actually used to captivity, not some kind of rare day gecko or chameleon or any wild herp. That way, it'll be happiest it can in captivity. If you've ever watched, caught , and observed herps in the wild, I'm almost sure you'll know what i'm talking about. 
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Sorry, I didn't mean to just point out those few herps that have been in the hobby for long. There are tons and tons more. Bearded dragons, cresteds, fire skinks, leopard geckos, green anoles, brown anoles, house geckos, toakys, and many others. My main point is, the more used to captivity the reptile is, the easier it is to care for because if the reptile has been in the hobby for long, people have most likely developed devices that closley simulate their natural habitat and have reasearched it much more and that makes them easier to care for.
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it really depends on how much room and money your willing to give toward the lizard. if you do not have much room and you do not want to spend a hole lot of money than i would get a leopard gecko. you should keep it in 20 gallon long and the gecko costs about $20.00 on average. if you are willing to spend more money and give up more room than i would by a bearded dragon they get about 22 inches long, and they like about 55 gallons or more. i would not go with a water dragon because a they need a lot of water, branches, and there humidity. they get about three feet long. iguanas are also a bad idea. their housing and size says it all. whatever you chose buy a care book first and then set up the tank, and then buy the animal and the food.
My herps
1.0 Whites Tree Frog, Zack
1.0 Bearded Dragon, Ven
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I would say the best pet reptile would be a Bearded Dragon 
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| Grant I have to disagree with you for part of your response I think that savannah monitor lizards and argentine tegus are not really beginner reptiles mabye after some experince then I can agree with you and I still kinda agree with you now to but there are more disagrees then agrees with that. In my opinion beginer lizards are crested geckos and leopard geckos. I would normally include ackies,beardies,and blue tongue skinks, but the lighting requirements are not needed for the geckos and the ackie,beardie,blue tongue are larger requiring larger cages. The bite force of these animals are probably stronger.Thats all for now
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| Leopard geckos are the best!!! No comparison,competition,or argument that they rock!http://board.reptilechannel.com/Skins/Reptile/Dialogs/InsertEmotIcon.aspx?ControlID=txtPost#
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| Leopard geckos are the best. No sweat.
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i would say a leopard gecko or a crested gecko.
2 Leopard Geckos- Ben, Jasper2 African Fat-Tailed Geckos- Cecelia, Aleksandria 2 Crested Geckos- Leealo, Lola 3 Fire Bellied Toads- Reznov, Demetry, Jorje 1 Green Anole- Jasper 1 Betta Fish- Cicil -We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all. =Theodore Roosevelt=
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