Long Tailed Grass Lizard

[Ray]

I've seen long tailed grass lizards at a pet store and am interested in buying a couple; I haven't been able to find much info on them. I want to know: If I can keep two males together / If I can keep two lizards in the ten gallon tank I have laying around or if I need a bigger one / What type of lighting they need / If I can just use peat moss for the substrate / And, Will it be okay to use twigs and stuff I find in my yard for them to climb on. I would also like all the information you can give me about these lizards. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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[Ed_r]

Are they refering to Anoles?
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I wouldn't keep 2 anoles in a 10 gallon. I wouldn't keep to males in a 10 gallon for sure. 2 Males will require a disproportionally large cage for the size of the lizards, to provide a territory for each, or the dominant one will stress out the submissive one.

Now, about this lizard, you need to memorize the URL www.google.com it works really well. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Takydromus sexlineatus sexlineatus is the scientific name for this lizard, also know as the Six-lined Grass Lacerta in addition to long tailed grass lizard, and a bunch of other names depending on the locality.

http://www.ter.nl/Engels/ter/artikel...neatus_ENG.htm
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[geckoqueen]

If you are referring to the T. sexlineatus, they are wonderful lizards. I had three in a 20-gallon tall. A 10-gal aquarium is not tall enough for them as they preferred to be arboreal. They like to climb around a lot. We had golden pothos which we washed to make sure there were no traces of pesticides. The lizards would wind among the branches from our olive and pecan trees that we put in around the plant. I never noticed aggressiveness between them, unlike the anoles which fought constantly, even the females had a pecking order.
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