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can wild lizards i found outside live with my house meditaranian gecko

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Question
i found these lizards outside, there black and brown some just shinny black, i have four of them, 2 are small and the other 2 are about 3-4 in. long, my mediterranean gecko is about 2 1/2 in. long can i put the lizards i found outside in the same tank with my house gecko? please answer back soon if you can thank you, kevin smith. also i found my house gecko outside as well, but ive had him for about 8mths.

Answer
Hi Keith,
Lizards caught outdoors should never be placed with a captive lizard as that both carry diseases that may not harm their species(captive/captive wild/wild) but can be deadly to the other.
You can't place them in the tank with your gecko.  Also, 99.9% of lizards taken from the wild will die from stress.  You are lucky with your house gecko...do not place any lizards with him as he is now considered captive.
The ones you just found recently sound more like salamanders.  Salamanders have completely different care areas/housing/temperatures/etc than geckos. You can do a search on "salamanders" to see if that is what you found. Again, you cannot place them with a Mediterranean gecko.
Also, with lizards that are in the wild, this time of year, many are getting ready to lay eggs and to capture them is going to greatly deplete the native species. Its best to return the ones you just captured back to the are you found them.
There are very, very few lizards that can actually be kept together, even captive bred ones. Its always best to give each species its own habitat.