What is the HARDEST herp to care for?

[SteveNT]

Marine iguanas could be tricky

 

[snakeynewbie]

I don't think they'd be too bad as long as you lived close to the coast and could go harvesting on the rocks a few times a week and keep their food in the fridge. Otherwise I think they'd be much like keeping eastern water dragons

 

[Fuscus]

Vermicella annulata -- but ..
[video=youtube;-_qWp-4vQTo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qWp-4vQTo[/video]

 

[SteveNT]

I don't think they'd be too bad as long as you lived close to the coast and could go harvesting on the rocks a few times a week and keep their food in the fridge. Otherwise I think they'd be much like keeping eastern water dragons

Do they graze out of water? Is salt water necessary in their physiology? They are certainly good lookers!

 

[snakeynewbie]

I don't think salt water is actually necessary, pretty sure I've seen them grazing on exposed weed. The necessity of salt water might come into their food source though, the weed woiuldn't last long in fresh water as it would throw the salt balance out. You could include a filtered marine water tank in their enclosure though with some rocks and weigh their food down, much the same as they do with captive dugongs

 

[GeckPhotographer]

Vermicella annulata -- but ..

Nah they are fine, just need a breeding colony of Ramphotyphlops. ;P

 

[Elapidae1]

I'm fairly sure R australis has been bred in captivity

 

[Reptile_Maniac]

Great to see all the different opinions!