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Reptile Plants

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Question
I am looking to spruce up some of my reptile habitats and would like to use all live plants. I found on the animal planet website a list of plants that would be harmful, but I am researching right now about vines and or ivys and am having no luck finding one to work in my enclosure.  So, my question is which vine or ivy can I use in my enclosures and where might I be able to purchanse them. Thank you in advance for your help!!

Answer
 It does depend on your reptile.  Safest way is to search Plants, Toxic, and Type of Reptile into your search engine.  I use Plants-toxic-iguana, because I have herbivores and omnivores, and the iguana will have the best list.  Thing is, my kids will munch on them, sit on or in them, and pretty much destroy them, so backups are necessary.