University Project help

[Jonny_05]

Hi there i am looking for a species of reptile, amphib, or insect where i am possible to house around 10 of the species. The reason for this is i need a large amount of animals to gain the data required for my third year project and would appreciate any help that is given. I am not fussed on the species as i have a gvast intrest in reptiles

[HadesDragons]

Do the animals have to be housed in a group of 10, or do you just need to have 10 of the same species?

How much space do you have? That's probably the most important part before people start suggesting things...

[Jonny_05]

they need to be housed in the same enclosure, i have a medium sized fish tank at the minute but would be willing to purchase a larger tank if required. this is because i need to collect data on the behaviour of the animals in a group and also during courtship

[Jonny_05]

sorry i have a 40 litre tank at the minute

[Jonny_05]

i was thinkin of beardys first but tutor has said needs more than 2 or 3 of species to gain data incease copulation doesnt occur

[HadesDragons]

Originally Posted by Jonny_05

i was thinkin of beardys first but tutor has said needs more than 2 or 3 of species to gain data incease copulation doesnt occur

Well 10 beardies wouldn't be a cheap or easy project - you'd be looking at something room-sized to house 10 together, especially if you were planning on having more than one male...

Something like anoles may work, although you'd need a larger cage for 10 of them. They are pretty small, easy to care for, and people do keep them in groups. I'm not sure how well males live together though, so you'd need to look into that a bit more; there should be threads on here if you use the "search" function. You'd possibly need a 1.9 group though (I don't know how well that'd fit in with your project plans??), or to house them as several smaller groups.

[Issa]

Lizard-wise I think the only thing that would be small enough to house 10 or so in a tank that size would be anoles. Personally I'd go looking for something interesting insect wise that can live in a colony. Locust or Roaches go through several sexual cycles that would be easily documented and they aren't much of a problem to get breeding in the right conditions (I've never had much luck breeding locust myself but I know others that think it's easy!)

[Jonny_05]

thank you. Do you know what sort of size tank would be needed for them? because i was thinkin of mantis but a majority of species cant be housed together

[spend_day]

you couldnt fit a beardie in a 40ltr anyway. they need a 55 gallon minimum (and realistically a vivarium rather then a fish tank) does it have to be a reptile have u cosidered a small amphibian species like fire belly toads or fire belly newts or maybe some crabs.

most other species even small species either shouldnt be house together (or should house males together or need way more room.

[Smally]

Dont quote me on it but you should be able to keep a number of small frogs together, Tree frogs, dart frogs etc.

Im not sure though, never owned/looked into them.