I want a reptile (or amphibian) I can hold and isn't diffcult to care for. I was thinking a corn snake, but any other ideas? Lizards are good too.
Thanks in advance!

Cornsnakes are ideal. Easy to care for, good eaters, and they come in a variety of colors. They are docile as well. I don't recommend ball pythons due to their feeding problems. Too stressful for a new snake owner to deal with. Bearded dragons are great lizards. Not too difficult to care for, and they have wonderful personalities.

I have a small un-used fishtank because I just upgraded to a larger aquarium. I've been keeping a pretty successful tropical aquarium for awhile now and I also have three dwarf hamsters, I was thinking a small tree frog or a small lizard would be a nice addition to my little menagerie. Are there any suggestions as to what to get? My reptile keeping experience extends to two pet tokay geckos, and an iguana I cared for for awhile. I also hatched ring neck snake eggs I found in the backyard but didn't keep the babies for long. I want something low maintenance and small. I would rather not have to provide live prey because I'm too far from a pet store that sells crickets and walmart only has meal worms but I can manage it if need be.

Hello; I would highly recommend a Leopard Gecko, a Crested Gecko, a Viper Gecko, a Gargoyle Gecko, or an African Fat-tailed Gecko. 🙂

All are low/medium upkeep, small, fine with gentle, patient, confident handling, hardy, interesting looking, and docile. Cresteds and Gargoyles have the added advantage of being able to be kept successfully on a powdered 'Crested Gecko diet' by T-rex; so you don't need to provide feeder insects unless you'd like to. 🙂

Another idea if you are interested in one of the three cricket feeders on my list is to have your crickets ordered in from a place like http://www.lllreptile.com and having them shipped to you, that way you don't have to deal with making regular trips to that far away pet store. Just keep them and in a cricket corral or cricket keeper with fruits, veggies, or a specially made cricket diet, and you'll be in good shape. 🙂

Here are care sheets for all of the Gecko species I just named:

Leopard Gecko:
http://www.thegeckospot.com/shortleocare.html

Crested Gecko:
http://www.pangeareptile.com/id52.htm

Viper Gecko:
http://www.acmecritters.com/CARE_SHEETS.html

Gargoyle Gecko:
http://www.pangeareptile.com/gargoylecare.htm

African Fat-tailed Gecko:
http://www.acmecritters.com/CARE_SHEETS.html

I hope this helps, and if you have any further questions at all on the subject or would like more suggestions on a good lizard species; please feel free to message me and I will be more than happy to assist you. 🙂

Good luck on your lizard search!

tips please from owners

Im not that much of a noob on keeping reptiles and amphibians but i've never had red-eyes before

thanks

http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/amphibians/red-eye-tree-frog.php

can some one help me with my green toad all the care sheets for it are basic and i know it all like tepatue humidity and they eat crickets i wanna know more about the green toad i will give a best answer to someone that can either give me a really good care sheet or tell me alot about them

http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/species/green.html
http://www.popularpets.net/frogs/care-sheets/green-tree-frog.php
http://www.frogsarchive.com/care-sheets.php

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