I have a 5 feet long x 2 feet deep x 5 feet high enclosure, im looking for a species of snake (i have consider Amazon tree boas , carpet pythons and spotted pythons) or lizard that could ne set up in this enclosure. Any suggestions are welcome.
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I think a green keeled bellied lizard would be a great fit for your enclosure size. They are not too expensive, you can find them CBB and I think they can be kept communally. Plus they are a beautiful green.
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An ATB or carpet could definitely go in a cage like that.I would suggest looking more toward jungle, Darwin, or Papuan carpets as they tend to be more arboreal than Coastals. Spotteds, while they will climb, are not exactly arboreal species. If that is a species you wanted to put in there I would be more inclined to try building a rock escarpment background
Other possibilities if you want to stay in the boa/python area would be things like Indonesian/Solomon Island tree boas, one of the smaller scrub python species (Tanimbar, or the like), GTPs. If you wanted to look at colubrids you have things like rhino rats, Gonysoma species, neo-tropical bird-eaters, Oxybelis… THere are others I am sure I am not thinking of right at the moment. A couple that I generally warn against are Boiga and Thrasops unless you have experience dealing with venomous. Yes, technically they are only opistoglyphous, but I have seen/heard some nightmare horror stories from people that did not give them the caution they deserve. I also generally suggest people avoid Ahaetulla species unless they absolutely have a steady supply of lizard feeders
And, as always, Do your research first and YMMV
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Came here to say this! I’d go with bird-eaters personally.
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