We've had him for six months and he's green with black-ish markings, smaller in size and rough scales (NOT like a native Nor California alligator lizard or skink). He loves crickets and mealworms, and according the the 'pet' store is a 'banana lizard'. However, I haven't been able to find any info online for him.

For the first time ever, I put my hand out (in the terrarium) and scooped him, he stayed in my open palm for 10 minutes until I gently pushed him off.... which REALLY surprised me as all of the lizards I've ever touched were skittish.

I have him in a 50 gallon terrarium with natural ivy and two Crested Geckos. He is a day creature and the crested geckos are nocturnal so it appears to work out okay.

Any help with guidelines/care sheets/info would be greatly appreciated ! ! !

Do you think you could provide us with pictures? A quick google of 'banana lizard' didn't turn up anything.

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Hi, the only legged reptile that I know of with Banana in it common name is the Banana Gecko (Gehyra vorax), but from your description it sounds unlikey to be this. As Lacey has said a pic would help with identification.

I would strongly recommend that you seperate this lizard from your Crested Geckos, as a general rule is to not mix spiecies in the same enclosure, even when you know the ID of the animals and they come from a similar place it is still a bad idea to mix but when you don't know what the animal is you certainly shouldn't be mixing it with something else......there are loads of reasons why not, environmental conditions for the two spiecies could be different, they carry different pathergens that they are immune too but the other spiecies might not be.....the list goes on.....

If you could get a pic that would be good

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Hello,

We certainly need a picture with this one. It's likely the petstore did nothing more than give this herp its own name. (Seeing as searches are coming up with nothing, which is highly unlikely.)

I strongly suggest you separate this unknown reptile from your Crested Geckos.

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It's going to be hard to tell without pics. Also, I to reccomend that you seperate them from your Crested Geckos. They may need two different habitats, and your probably stressing the Crested Geckos out by having something 3 times it's size or so in the cage with them.

I too suggest taking the unknown lizard out of your crestie enclosure. They might have different habitat needs. a pic would definately help.

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from your description all I can come up with is the - western zebra-tailed -
the San Francisco alligator lizard - and the southern alligator lizard.

you can check these out and see anyway

"Banana lizard", as the others have pointed out, is a false name created by someone in the industry (either by the store, or more likely the company they ordered the lizard from).

Off the top of my head and based on your description and the name confusion, he doesn't look like this does he?
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...da&btnG=Search
Though the chances of me guessing that correctly are slim, it's a possibility at least.

If not, pictures would certainly help, and in the mean time a more detailed description might do. "Small in size with rough green and black scales" could be a wide variety of species. If you could go into more detail in the shape, length, pattern, and even how much he cost you, that would be great and might narrow the search Does he have progressively longer toes like an iguana or are they all about the same size and shape like a monitor lizard, is his snout long and pointy like an anole or short like a bearded dragon, is his tail vertically compressed like a water dragon or is the cross-section round like a skink, does he have any spines down his back, is he spotted or striped, does he like to climb, was he expensive, etc etc...

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It might be an a kind of anole or phelsuma too.I find it strange why this guy does not reply.

Aidan

Its an anole, I read the name somewhere but I forget where.

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