A picture is worth a thousand words, lol. I was seeing a venus fly trap But I have a good visual now.

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welcome to the boards. Yes, what type of lizard is going into this is very important. What is it for? and why something so elaborate? Not that its bad, but domes are not exactly easy to come by and tanks are much simpler and readily available. Be sure to include ventilation as well.

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Would you be talking about an Anole lizard? That is the only one I can think of when you said "a common green lizard". Like Liz said, don't forget the ventilation...but Anoles would love the humidity that your enclosure would be providing...as well as the climbing space.

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when I begin this project I will keep close documentation of its final design and buildup. thanks for being enthusiastic as myself with it.

the option of placing a couple vents in the unit itself has posed a concern for that. or do you think other steps may be required to control this?
Hahah little feet prints all over the dome, now thats funny !

thanks also for the enthusiasm. And I suspected as much so thanks for establishing that as fact for me. So maybe for paired animals mostly would be better? Who would have thought they'd feel like married couples....lolz (ahem Sorry, recently divorced here..but I have humor to save me).
I'll sketch my design more for this feature. The rock face or formation itself would be designed to sit on a pin system. this would allow for removal of the unit for cleaning, access to the pet themselves if needed, and possibly if options are to change. Maybe the addition of other similar modules to be swapped. i see waterfalls are seemingly asked frequently. this could be an interesting rain forest module I could work with. but small time irrigation for live plants could be effectively planned out even. So we're on the same page so far .

Why thanks for the welcome, The elaborate design to me is more of an aesthetics thing. Never can be too simple. When it comes to cars I like power and absurd handling characteristics however, i'm quite the stock Nazi in aesthetics. the more of a sleeper or unsuspecting look, the more perfect. but I duno, i just wanted something that kinda reminded me of a well thought out train layout like when I was a kid.

And actually the dome is so far the most expensive portion of the project, Just under $200. for a 40"dia.x19"ht. Pricey in its own right but again, being different I hope to make more than one configuration of this even thought about making a wall hanging version for amphibians or even scorpions or Tarantulas, ( I'll let you know how those come along too ) But all in all, just wanted somethin unique.

It was a green Anole, it was fairly inexpensive to my understanding. Now he has a "Bahama Anole", which is a brown like color. he adores it so.
But NOW hes talkin about getting a pair of "Chinese water dragons"? which to my understanding are a bit more of the rain forest sort. so now the project may get a bit more complicated to some degree.

water dragons need lots of room... maybe a baby would be fine for sometime but youll be needing something way bigger then what you plan on building... you could always get Crested Geckos heh....

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How large are we talking? Not iguana size are we? i mean in 10 yrs are we talking migrating from the habitat to the back yard or what? lol

no not the back yard lol but more like 6 ft long, 2-3 feet deep and 4-6 feet high.. that would be great for a pair.. im planning on doing something that size for my WDs when I get some more money and get some other issues solved heh.... right now im working on a 55 gallon tank for a pair of croc skinks ill be getting in august I hope... you can find many different ideas and pictures of people enclosures they ahve made for ther WDs here....

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males get about 3 feet give or take a few inches and females stay more around 2 feet in size

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A little boy after my own heart...lol I have a green anole and a bahama anole as well as a pair of Chinese Water dragons. They are very similar in care taking...just a way bigger set up for the dragons. I have a male and a female dragon, and since I will not be breeding them, I am building 2 enclosures. Each will be 6x5x2. Post some pic's of the anoles when you get a chance. If you look in my albums, you can see my dragons.

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6x5x2 enclosures? i think my son is seeing if there are any alligator farm real estates for sale... lol

I'm not sure he understands they get that big beefcakemighty. what do you feed them at that size? Smaller-slower children>crickets??? lolz