Anole information

Green Anole Habitat

Green Anole habitat requirements are quite straightforward. This makes them an attractive pet for beginners.

A 10 gallon glass aqarium can comfortable house two to four anoles. The bottom can be lines with newspaper, brown wrapping paper or bark chips, or alfalfa pellets. The chips or pellets have a slight advantage because they will hold some moisture, but cleaning is more difficult. The top of the terrarium should be fine screen or mesh to allow ultraviolt light in.

Plants are a neccesity - the anoles will usually not drink water from a bowl, but will lick drops from plant leaves. The plant may be artificial. A water bowl should be provided, to allow them to soak themselves, though they are not often seen doing this.

A climbing / basking branch should be provided, situated under a heat source. For a small terrarium, a single incandescnt spot lamp of 75 or 100 watts is usually enough, as long as it brings the temperature up into the low to mid 80's.

Males can become aggressive and territorial when kept together, but several females can be kept together.