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Here you see a large aquarium that's been adapted for small lizards.  

The substrate is large, smooth pebbled rock.  Heating coils under the sand keep the substrate gently warm.  

The black box to the right is a "cave" for the three small lizards who live in this habitat.  The part of an egg carton to the far right is for crickets to be happy on.  

Upper right you see a thermometer to make sure air temperature is no less than 80 degrees.  

A branch amplifies the space for the lizards, giving greater dimensionality.  A bowl of water, up on wood supports so lizards can crawl underneath, is to the left.  

A small saucer gives an easily-accessible pool of water for the lizards to drink from, for crickets to drink from, part whose volume has a "salad" for the crickets.  

There's an internal light bulb for radiant heat (25 watts) in the day, and a colored blue light for the night.  The top is locked, with latches, and also weighted down with circular barbell weights to make sure the lizards can't push their way out through the small play in the lid (as one did in the past before the weights were added).

Here's another example of a similar small reptile environment, home-made out of wood.  

Again, it's latched and locked, has a thermometer on the front glass taped to the inside, regular and colored inside bulbs, large bowl for humidity, small saucer for a low pool, egg carton for crickets, a branch with artificial plants, large sand as a substrate with heating coils underneath, and a black box for a cave.

 In addition, since this sits near a window, a towel is on top that can be folded over to cover the glass at night if needed.

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