My daughter is looking for a lizard. She wants a lizard that ain't to big yet not to small, and one that is tame, and is easy to look after.

She's done researching on both Berber Skink and Leopard Gecko.

Has anyone got any experience with either leopard gecko or Berber Skink?

Hi, I'm not the most clued up on reptiles but I have a leopard gecko and have owned others in the past, anything you wanted to know I may be able to help with?

lol...that was my daughter posting in my name !!!

shes looking for a lizard that can be handled...not huge and not temperamental like a beardie! shes under the illusion shes getting one for xmas

Oh! Don't know alot about the skinks, I think the bigger skinks are similar in cost/care to the beardeds though. I think setting up a Leo initially is cheaper than most lizards, heatmat, vivarium/terrarium, caves/shelters, sand/substrate, water bowl, don't believe they need lighting unless you want to put low wattage red bulb in so you can see them. They are normally easy to handle, they poo in one corner of the tank! so cleaning is easy (I regularly clean out the corner then change the sand completely every 4/6 weeks or so. Mine normally eat mealworms every few days with occasional dusting of calcium because I hate crickets in the house but feed them occasionally (have had geckos that only eat crickets) but on the whole, once the enclosures paid for find them very low maintenance and low cost! Hope this helps