Besides Snakes...what's your favorite Herp?

Uhm...there are herps other than snakes? I never knew! :rolleye2:

I like them all but I can't say that I have a favorite other than snakes...though I love to see my friends' collections.

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

What about tuataras?

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yeah tuataras are such cool herps (living fossils), a real shame there close to extinction :( , very strange creatures that look just like lizards but are not lizards at all , they also have a "third eye" under the skin that i think is maybe used for thermoregulation purposes

Frogs! I love them.. toads also.

I could never choose an absolute favorite, besides snakes, but I guess the closest thing would be larger lizards as I adore iguanas (BTW Rhino Iggys are the greatest! We had one at the old zoo and he was the sweetest guy) and my dream reptile now is a Blue Tongue Skink.

i love dwarf monitors. my favorite is probably varanus eremius or varanus brevicauda. i keep a varanus acanthurus but would love to keep a smaller more rare species once i get the money. i would love to have a pair or trio of varanus gilleni or varanus caudolineatus.

my chameleon... hands down!!!

I gotta love my Crestie. Hoping to add a lot more soon!

I love my crestie...hoping to get another this summer.



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I have never spent any time with anything but snakes. I do think Leos are cute as can be, though. However, I picked frogs since I have some in my fish tank!

I voted that I love them all because I don't have just one specific favorite.

I have worked with lot of species and have several on my top list, not a favorite per se but a list of possibilities. I like my beardies, and my frilled dragons, am especially fond of tokays but not many people agree with me on that one. One of the blue tongue skinks in the lab is my buddy but I prefer him over the other two blue tongues. He used to be nasty but after 7 years I think he has come to terms with the fact I am not going anywhere, He still has a go at others sometimes but I can carry him around like a beardie now. The other two skinks are nicer and therefore boring. I want a water monitor but don't have the space for one. I have also heard that komodos have good temperaments but I doubt that will ever happen.
I have taken care of turtles and tortoises before and am not real fond of them, and regardless of where you classify spiders they are still creepy.

Frogs and Toads. :D


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I like all crocs and gators and any kind of monitors. Waters are my favorite though

I really want some kind of giant lizard or monitor of some kind, but right now dont have the room for one.

I would have to go with a crested gecko

LOVE monitors... they are so amazing... would love to own a tegu someday. Even though they are pretty tough to care for.

I like insects and arachnids a lot too, but I don't think those are considered herps!

Hey Judy, have you picked up any tortoises yet? I adopted a red foot about 6-7 months ago now. I'd like some more but I need a more permanent outdoor pen, I built a little 3' x 6' cage that I can move around the yard so he has different grazing areas everyday, but I still have to take him in at night. I really like him though he's got personality.

I love them all!:gj:
But I am especially fond of frogs and toads.

Wow this thread was from 07...But I choose geckos, leos to be specific...

I love my tegus :taz:
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gotta say leos and turtles and a few other lizards

crocs and gators all the way. I doubt I'll ever be able to keep one though, as much as it sounds like a rewarding and fun experience.

I chose monitors and lizards with my tegu Dino in mind. I want a blue and possibly an extreme giant when I get back home.

But there's so many others,... I love tortis (had a russian) and frogs (dart). The more I think about it there's just too many things I want,...luckily they're not things that I need ;)

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Hey Judy, have you picked up any tortoises yet? I adopted a red foot about 6-7 months ago now. I'd like some more but I need a more permanent outdoor pen, I built a little 3' x 6' cage that I can move around the yard so he has different grazing areas everyday, but I still have to take him in at night. I really like him though he's got personality.

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No...no torts in our home yet. I've actually got my eye (and my hopes) on a very special baby sulcatta, but the chances of actually being able to get it at this time are slim. It'd be a challenge to fit a tort into a military lifestyle.

Congrats on the red foot! They're awesome! My dream for our permanent home (someday!) is to have enough land to build at least a couple of permanent outdoor tort enclosures. :D

I don't have one...yet. But I think it's going to have to be bearded dragons for me.

I love butterfly agamas. Years ago I had one that was very personable for a small lizard, docile, and beautiful. Social creatures with their own kind and very fun to watch eat. :)

I would really love to have a bearded dragon!

My favorite Herp is Herpes Simplex 7...................

I like anoles, and plan to keep various types. I'm also fond of carpet chameleons, and I would like to keep some varieties of geckos.

It's too hard to choose, Besides my snakes I have a Yellow nigerian uro and 3 different species of scorpions and I don't think I could pick a favorite

I like crocs and gators but I've loved monitors since the first time I saw the rescuers down under ha..anyone remember Joanna?

Well, all monitors are awesome, but to keep I like the dwarf ones (You have monitors and giant lizards lumped into one =P) Tegus are awesome too!
I've neve had the slightest interest in turtles for some reason. *shrug*

I am going to have to say legless lizards. They are very odd and cool. Love them.

I would love to setup a really nice looking vivarium with some poison dart frogs, and maybe a red-eyed tree frog.

I also LOVE giant day geckos. So amazing to look at!

I love my Bearded Dragon and Tegu, the tegu is quite fascinating.

Big Gunns doesn't know if he already posted(senile), but hands down it's a Water Monitor. Although BG does have the coolest Rhino Iguana in the world.

I chose giant lizards. I love my lil green iguana :)

Definitely monitors for me. Unfortunately, I don't have nearly enough room or money to get one of these guys, nevermind start a collection.

I've owned some leopard geckos and iguanas in the past, and they're pretty cool... but I found the iguanas to be high-maintenance and temperamental (at least one of them), and the leos weren't easy to handle. So I'm sticking with snakes for now, but eventually I might like a couple of crested geckos and/or a panther chameleon. :gj:

I'm partial to frogs, newts, and 3 toed box turtle. We rescued one of the turtles 15+ years ago and it is still going strong. He still lives at my moms house and visits her Pre-kindergarten classroom multiple times a year. I clip his nails a few times a year but that's about all the maintenance he requires. We also rescued some White's tree frogs when I was in high school 10+years ago and they were really cool pets. They lived a super long time and the last one finally past a few years ago. My mom was super open minded so we grew up with animals in the house from rescues or our own purchases. We've had rescue iguanas, snakes, fish, birds, and many more I've forgotten about over the years. It was pretty cool to grow up in a household like that. I plan on doing the same someday when I have my own kids.

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B

I love my crested geckos and I've always had a love for bearded dragons <3


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Wow, nice thread resurrection.
Anyway, in addition to snakes, I like Tegus...

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Total tossup between by bearded dragon and my dart frogs.
Love them both for completely different reasons.

I love Geckos, they are my first love. <3 I also love Beardies 'cause they're awsome!

TOKAYS! I love working with them!


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Tortoises. Yup.

Outside of herps, we love our inverts.

I chose small lizards because it also encompasses geckos! I love small lizards! They're just sightly more difficult to care for, and I'm lazy! Snakes are lazy too, so it just works out for both of us haha :D

I love bearded dragons, and if I felt I could afford to feed one properly, I would totally get one. But the 8 snakes and the 3 cats are about as much as I can handle with work being insane right now. I kinda wish that someone I knew had a beardie that I could go over to their house and play with.

FACT: Chameleons are the coolest lizards on the planet! Lol.

I have been checking out some PAC man frogs. I am seriously thinking about adding one to my collection.