Nocturnal Terrestrial Herbivorous Lizard...Do they exist?

After a fairly busy morning, my day took a dramatic crawl of a pace after lunch. All of my projects for work are up to par...nothing to do at the house...animals are all good...so I decided to catch up on some much needed sleep.

Except my mind had other ideas...questions...

I lay, allowing my mind to race as I am too tired to keep up. Everything is going swell...but after random...very random chain of thoughts, I find myself stuck on a question to where I can not find the answer...unless I am overlooking the obvious.

There are many herbivorous lizards. Diurnal and Nocturnal...Terrestrial and Arboreal. Thinkings of all the different combinations...I could not think of a Nocturnal Terrestrial Herbivorous specie.

So I ask you...lizard gurus....do they exist?

Please supplement 'Yes' answers with an actual specie for the smart AStronauts.


Disclaimer: I did not proof-read this. I am tired.

I stumped the forum...

Lol you sure did! Ya know, I'm sure one has to exist. I could swear I've seen nature shows in the past with a lizard running around at night. The only thing that really comes to mind though is salamanders and newts but they are amphibians.. I'm stumped!

Yes! They are called 'hipsters'.

The hipster:
Mostly herbivorous.
Nocturnal.
Refrains from heights, and anything generally dangerous.

To spot a hipster in the wild look for skinny jeans, terrible hair cuts, and several arm tattoos.

I was going to answer Monkey-tailed Skink, but they're primarily arboreal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands_skink

Hmmmm... I'm stumped!

Hmm, I keep thinking about this and one thing came to mind, maybe someone knows, but can a herbivorous nocturnal reptile even exist? Meaning, are there a lot of plant sources that provide vitamin D (that a reptile would eat)?

The thing is there are herbivorous diurnal lizards, but they are mostly arboreal (iguanids).

Alright, here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_Land_Iguana

What do I win? :D

Oh I forgot, it's supposed to be nocturnal. Nope, you've got me there.

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Oh I forgot, it's supposed to be nocturnal. Nope, you've got me there.

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This is a tough one for sure!



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Wunna see how this one turns out because the only thing coming to my head is a musk turtle but thats not a lizard :rolleye2: .

You've got me stumped as well. I'm not entirely sure they exsist. I keep thinking of a few rock iguanas but I believe they're not nocturnal. When I think nocturnal lizard I think gecko. Though you are asking for a lizard to fit into 3 categorys I'm stumped:confused: If you come up with something please let me know.

Yeah it's a tough one...

I can come up with examples for about any other combination....but not this one.

The best I could do was the Solomon Island Prehensile Tail Skink...but as someone else mentioned, its arboreal...

Well that blows my therory out of the water, a nocturnal herbivorus lizard exists. But maybe that's why they are not common, plant food sources that provide essential nutrition for a nocurnal reptile might be hard to come by.



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Nada...

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

Yeah it's a tough one...

The best I could do was the Solomon Island Prehensile Tail Skink...but as someone else mentioned, its arboreal...

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Yea good pick but theres always one thing that keeps 'em out. I think you maybe on to something with skinks. I was thinking about a blue tounge but I don't think their nocturnal.

A Leopard Gecko/Prehensile Tailed Skink Hybrid.

Think about it. Why would that exist. If it does its going to be extremely specialized and not a good pet at all. The problem, as was stated earlier, how do they get vitamin D and how do they keep from getting eaten.

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Think about it.

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I thought...

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The problem, as was stated earlier, how do they get vitamin D

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The same way Prehensile Tailed Skinks do... :confuzd:

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how do they keep from getting eaten.

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The same way MANY nocturnal terrestrial species do... :confuzd:

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Yea good pick but theres always one thing that keeps 'em out. I think you maybe on to something with skinks. I was thinking about a blue tounge but I don't think their nocturnal.

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Yeah, skinks may be as close as it gets...

Pink Tongue Skinks are primarily nocturnal....but they are omnivorous. Close!

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Yeah, skinks may be as close as it gets...

Pink Tongue Skinks are primarily nocturnal....but they are omnivorous. Close!

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I would say thats probally it then. I mean its well documented that even Green Iguanas(A speces considered Herbivorus) will eat a cricket as a juvie for that little bit of protien.