Mixing Lizards

[viridis]

Do any of you mix your lizards? I have youngsters grownig along together but separate them when they reach maturity.

Years ago I saw Wall Lizards and Green Lizards in the same enclosure at the Cotswold Wildlife Park.

[chrisd]

I used to when my animals were breeding and producing young. I've had green lizards and exiguas together until half grown and even young green lizards with young common lizards when born in the same year with no problems, which is probably a bad idea and I wouldn't recommend it.

[viridis]

It all depends on the size of enclosure and the amount of cover available ,I would summise.

[barb1]

I've had Common Lizards in with young greens, no problem. In fact the female Common would give the greens a dop on the nose if they got in her way.

[monkeyboy]

I've kept Wall and argus sand lizard together for couple or three years now with no probs and briefly had Western Fence Lizard in with them (was a bit worried as they are a pretty hefty species, but one of my female walls is very feisty and soon showed them who was boss!). Only issue came from my naive release of some part grown juv walls into enclosure (too big for walls/ sands to bother but alas not giant mouth fence, actually saw one turn his head an snaffle up a baby that was sunbathing next to it....oops).
Enclosure is fairly big (3m x 1m) and designed to minimise sightlines/ maximise climbing opportunities which no doubt helps reduce interactions (pics in enclosure gallery)

[viridis]

Interesting.To answer my own question I had some young bilineata in with some young muralis as i thought that the muralis would be agile enough to move out of the way of the bilineata.Well thery weren`t and both muralis have lost their tails so I have removed them.

[lizzerd]

I also have young bilineata with young muralis together and the only tails i have lost are on two bilineata due to my own carelessness and leaving the enclosure open for only a few minuites to answer the phone allowing a local cat in.

[snorr]

I have adult L. bilineata and L. agilis together with no problems, i see few fights but only betwen males of t he same type.
but I always keep them in good condition with lots off food.

[chrisd]

In the past I've kept adult Viridis and Exigua together in a large outside cage but I lost my prized male Exigua, which was very large and bulky, one year when a male Viridis stripped all the skin of its back. Wouldn't interbreeding be a possible problem too ? Last year I had a male Bill mated with a female Exigua.

[lee]

I kept wall and Greens together which was a disaster as my female thug of a Green killed one of Walls and badly wounded another. So I don't keep them together any more but Sand and Walls I keep quite happily.

Lee