I have a really cute pet lizard named Gila. He's a gecko!
gecko? how long do those live for?
I'm actually not sure, but their size ranges from 1.6 to 60 cm, so they can grow rather large.
i see. what are geckos like, like what i their general personality?
I wouldn't say geckos really have a personality per se, but unlike most geckos, he has movable eyelids, so he can blink.
what do geckos eat and drink?
legless, and have long snake-like bodies. Some such as the forest-dwelling "Draco" lizards are able to glide. They are often territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with brightly colours, to attract mates and to intimidate rivals. Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as big as water buffalo.
Lizards make use of a variety of antipredator adaptations, including venom, camouflage,
like bumps. The toes do not have adhesive lamellae or membrane ("Eublepharis" cannot climb like their other gecko cousins). "Eublepharis" are crepuscular or nocturnal ground-dwellers. Included in this group is the popular pet gecko: the leopard gecko. It is especially popular in the United States, where there are nearly 3 million captive bred leopard geckos. A common misconception about leopard geckos is that they live in dry, arid deserts, but they are from rocky grasslands in southwestern Asia, including northern India