I agree with Dom about the mixing of species...
not a good idea to put 2 species in the same enclosure, even if their care requirements are very similar. There's several reasons for this, one species may feel like it's competing for food, or competing for the best hide spot, which wil cause stress, and usually with herps, stress comes in pretty heavy doses. You could also run the risk of contaminating species1 with a bacteria or parasite that it may not encounter in it's environment, but was contracted from species2.
I also have to agree with North, for me I started out with anoles (mostly to get the wife into the idea of having ectotherms around) now i've got the wife saying " I want a scarlet kingsnake!"- - - Keep in mind this is someone who a year ago wouldn't even hold my boa or ball.
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