Top 5 Friendliest Reptiles | No Biting, No Scratching, All Love 

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Back when Petsmart first started selling reptiles they had a blue tongue skink at the store I worked in. I was mildly afraid of reptiles but this guy was so calm and sweet unless he was in his cage. In the cage he was always pacing the walls, looking frustrated, wanting to get out. We would take him out and he would just happily sit on your shoulder while helping customers, counting crickets, cleaning fish tanks or whatever. Loved that little guy, another associate ended up buying him.

You forgot to mention how clean leopard geckos are! I've never had other reptiles who purposefully take their business to one corner of their tank. Makes cleaning their home SO easy!

I really loved Diamond's editorial eye glance when you said he was never going to sprout wings or breathe fire. It's like he was saying, "Well, we'll see about that."

Apparently my ball python didn't get the memo of hanging out chilling, he loves to explore when he's out of his enclosure. He gets supervised carpet slither time a couple times a week.

Can't really argue about the Beardie being number 1 when Diamond literally sat there for the whole video chillin.

You think you could do a top five electrical saftey products or energy efficients I have 6 enclosures and love to see how you have all yours setup. Love the content as always and happy holidays.🤙🏽

When I got my leopard gecko as a baby, he wasn't socialized and would scream at me but I worked with him for a couple months until I could fully handle him and he liked exploring with me. Seeing him go from being scared of me to falling asleep in my shirt is the most rewarding thing ever

A friend of mine met a beardie at an expo who was steeply discounted because he was grown and "not friendly at all". Said beardie crawled right up her arm and fell asleep on her in two minutes. She took him home, of course. He was in fact perfectly friendly, he just needed some one on one time with an owner who would sit quietly with him! My leopard gecko is flighty and would rather climb the couch than hang out with anyone when she's taken out, but she has NEVER tried to bite me. Even when I'm making her mad by getting stuck shed off her feet. Hubby once did something VERY foolish when she was clearly tail-wagging at him- he went in to boop her nose with HIS nose- and he *still* got away unscathed.

"he gets kinda upset when I explain to him he'll never grow wings or breathe fire" - Diamond glances away -

Great list; this is the kind of thing more people need to see! The only one I’d change is that I’d put chuckwallas over beardies. They have the same kind of size and heartiness, but are often even more gentle and passive.

I can vouch for blue tongue skinks being “Easy to Handle”. I got nibs as a new born and he’s never tried to bite me. He is very huffy though and doesn’t like being touched. He’ll normally hiss at me if I touch him or walk away. But I can pick him up when I need to clean his enclosure and move him somewhere until I’m down. Maybe with some more work he’ll stop hissing.

I love that a beardie topped your list. As a former reluctant reptile owner, my husband getting a bearded dragon completely changed my mind. I absolutely love our big guy (Rusty-just turned 2yo) so much so that I even subscribe to reptile channels like WWR now😊. Keep up the great work and continue advocating for these amazing creatures.

Can definitely agree with Blue Tongue Skinks. My adorable CoaCoa use to be scared by me and my girlfriend, but after some months of taming her down, she no longer bites (unless she mistakens my fingers for worms then she'll do a little nibble), she no longer runs and hides, she enjoys chin and head rubs, she responds to her name, she's very social with us, and she's not even an adult yet 🦎

Jasper, my little grump of a leopard gecko, was the runner/screamer of the Petsmart clutch. I hadn't really gone to the store with the intent of buying a reptile, but after seeing the sale they were having and seeing her cute little face, I really couldn't resist. I knew what I was getting into with her. Hell, I even went into the purchase saying "gimme the one with the attitude" bc I wanted the one with a "big personality"...to the silent concern of my best friend and the lady who had to catch her. I don't regret that choice necessarily, as she is super fun and has mellowed out a lot in the year I've had her, but I do regret getting a leopard gecko from Petsmart of all places. Overall, their geckos don't get held or interacted with unless absolutely necessary for medical reasons, and commonly, their providers are either really scummy or really lazy in socializing the animal, so she was...quite angy as a baby. Later in the year, my friends ended up pooling their money and buying me that really cute ball python I would always interact with at the local grange co-op, and he is a GEM. Fully socialized, never opposed to being held, always curious and exploring...and Jasper at nearly 16 months old now is still pretty flighty and "don't touch me"...which is just sad to me. TLDR; I wish I'd been less worried about overly stressing her when I first got her bc maybe if I'd held her more in those first few months, maybe she'd be less flighty now.

I love the gecko specie that looks like they're smiling and lick their eyes. Looks so derpy and adorable!

My dragon wasn’t really socialized when I got him but after working with him he’s calmed down quite a lot, just really shows how they’re pretty chill by nature. My Georgie is still kind of a diva though in that he’ll turn his beard dark over the smallest things

Very well done. I 100% agree about bearded dragons. You hit the nail on the head in describing them. Diamond is so chill I have to see more. Add a subscriber and keep up the good work!

It’s nice to know that when Adam logs on and replies back to us . That either diamond is on his shoulder or picatchu is just sat chillin 😎 on his lap lol 👍🏻 xx

I have two rescue ball pythons that came from a neglect case. They were kept in 40 gal with 3+ other adult pythons. They were never handled, and the owner ended up selling all eight of them together in a bag for a hundred bucks. I took two of them from the lady that initially bought them and was going around trying to find them a good home. I have had them for close to a year and was only ever tagged once in the first two weeks. Now even though they were treated terribly and never socialized their baby and juvenile years, they are the sweetest snakes i've ever owned. They love to snuggle up and watch tv with me, and have huge personalities. I 100% agree with this list, if you want a sweet and gentle snake a ball python is a perfect fit for beginners and long time reptile owners.

Diamond crawling up your shoulder is so cute. I love beardies so much lmao

I have a leopard gecko and a bearded dragon. They are both absolute sweethearts. Absolutely never any sign of aggression.

I can’t help but agree to your list. I mean I can back that up about beardies. They are the most friendliest lizards that I have ever encountered in my life. They are the puppies of all reptiles and they are very social around humans.

Our bearded dragon is so friendly that the only time he gets at all upset is when we try to put him down. Then he will cling and look at you like, "No! Don't put me down. That was no enough snuggling!"

Nice t-shirt option: Nuture All Nature (All Canadian Reptile Girl) with video sponsor Wren...lol. No shock an awe with #1. Great video for anyone looking for a chill reptile!

Cornsnakes could have made the list. My 2 are super placid. My older one did bite when I first got him, but his bite was like getting hit with Velcro, I have to say I agree with your list, I have little Leo and blue tongue experience but they seem pretty laid back from the ones I’ve e met.

Hey, nice shirt! Great list! It must have been tough to pare this down to only 5. There are so many great, friendly reptiles to choose from.

In my experience with Geckos, especially Leopard Geckos, if they aren't unburdened of their fear response early they are more likely to always be leery of humans and sometimes revert after a seemingly successful pacification. Rescues have a rough go of it: Just lots of work slow, tender work. Bearded Dragons, I love them. When you have an animal so indifferent and tolerant of us humans it's only easy to go up from there. Unless, it's breeding season. *head-bobbing-banging* Happy Holidays, Adam! Hope your Christmas was great.

My Leopardgecko Zuko is my first Reptile. I really love him so much! There is so much character in such a tiny creature. He's one year old and he already taught me so much . When he first bit me ( I wanted to clean his wetbox , he LOVES this cave) it just spooked me and doesn't hurt ,really. I really want more of them, they are so cool to watch and just so lovable animals!

This guy is so awesome!!! Thank you Adam, because of this RU-vid channel, our family is now a reptile family and we own a bearded dragon. My Little sister and little brother are absolutely in love with your channel 😂 just wanted to say a BIG thank you!!!!!

Your video editing is awesome, I love watching your intros with your reptiles! You can really tell you put a lot of time in putting your master pieces together!

OMG You finally admitted Diamond is the star of this channel. (I know Diamond humans can be hard to train, good work) lol

I had a Uromastyx as a teenager for several years and he was absolutely amazing. If they weren’t so hard to find I would have them on this list! Great video!

My african fat tailed gecko is the sweetest reptile I have ever owned. Never hissed or even thought about biting anyone. You can scoop him up and hang out with him any time. My BTS is a little moody on the other hand. He will try to bite you and is very huffy. However he is still young and it really seems to be a territory thing, because he only acts like that in his enclosure. Once he is out, completely calm and no issues whatsoever.

Diamond: sits patiently for hours My beardie after sitting for 5 minutes: time to *L E A P* He still hopes he'll grow wings

My beardie, Odin, of 13 years just passed. He was incredible and might I say these are very hardy chill animals. If you let them loose have a patio or balcony window, anything that is a source of natural light and heat, they will chill there all day. Mine skittered all over the place in the summer and usually had a spot under my entertainment system where he falls asleep. When they memorize the layout of your house, if yours is like mine, they will find your room and just stare at you for a bit then run off elsewhere

im so glad i found this channel! you are definitely up there with other legends like clint's reptiles. i would love to see you do a video on the uromastyx in the future. i think they're really underrated and there's not many solid care guides on them on youtube.

My bearded dragon only squirms when I show him the window- he'll prop himself up and watch the world go by :)

The environmental education center I used to volunteer at got a baby ball python and told us teen volunteers to get him used to people. We all loved him, he was so chill you'd sometimes forget he was on your wrist.

African fat-tailed geckos are my favorite lizard. Big beautiful eyes, mellow personalities, low maintenance, and easy breeders. They're the best.

I agree 100% with #1 Once me and my brother had to watch my neighbor’s bearded dragon, I picked him up and he crawled into my shoulder and didn’t care one bit even though he had never seen me before.

I love your videos so much!!! I just got a crested gecko today and ur videos helped me so much setting up his enclosure and getting everything ready for him🙂

I was about to flip my lid that Beardies were not on the list...lol... Thank goodness they finally made a list, and its the best one... Love Beardies more then anything for this reason, my boy will sit with me and the dogs all day and night...

My beardie loves it when you lay on the couch with him at night, to fall asleep. When he dozes off, I put him inside his hide in the enclosure and turn off his lights, and he sleeps throughout the night until I turn his lights on in the morning. There’s been a few times where I also fell asleep on the couch. Woke up about 4-5 hours later, and he’s still laying on my chest sleeping. Beardies are the absolute best. And he loves going places. Whether it’s to a store, a park, he just loves getting out

i’ve had a corn snake for 20 years and she has been the most chill animal ever. she is quite active when i take her out of her enclosure but she’s never bit me or shown any aggression.

i can confirm that bearded dragons are surprisingly durable. i had one who jumped off of my shoulder while i was going down the stairs. he dropped 3 meters onto a hardwood floor and was perfectly fine, just walked off to climb a potted plant like nothing happened. also, yes, they are incredibly easy to handle. zero agression, super chill, good size, just great animals to keep.

Great list! We have 3 on there, 1 beardie, 2 balls and 4 leo's. Hope to get a blue tongue next year. We also have 2 baby corns that are super sweet and a sun skink.

My favorite things about ball pythons is how deliberate their movements are and how easy they are to read! Not to mention their gentle natures :) great video and keep up the awesome work!

Hi 🥰 I have watched about 5 videos about different types of lizards and reptiles. I love how you've had Diamond on every single one. I'm a first time reptile owner searching for my first lizard. I'm sold on a diamond!! thanks for all your help!

I like that you also mention the scientific names. Searching common names in different languages is sometimes time consuming 😉 Thanks!

Pleased to see blue tongues make the list. I got my Eastern at 2 1/2 months old & he's now almost 13 months, & he's about as tolerant as a reptile could be. I'm convinced he would never bite anyone, unless it was food confusion. Despite being very young when we got him & having been handled by young kids he's never even gotten defensive enough to do the tongue display that wild blue tongues are famous for. He is more work to handle than a bearded dragon would be as he doesn't stay still for very long when in the open, & he'd quickly find a nook or crannie to disappear into if not closely supervised. He does like to sit on my shoulder though, & I love the way he'll snuggle into my neck when he wants to warm up.

I have a beardie (his name is Spikey) and one day he almost ran off my hand. He got scared because my german teacher was suddenly being loud in the online class. He got scared but that's the only thing I've seen with my beardie. Sometimes he headbangs to me but that's it. Once i pick him up it's all okay. Great animals man

Great list. You always put out amazing videos Adam. The hatchling ball pythons that I know I'm going to sell I probably handle a little bit more than the hold backs just to make sure that they're socialized and not going to be nippy for the new owner.

I have been wanting a Beardie for soooo long! I love all of your videos so much they are very helpful. Hoping to get my beardie soon just want to make sure I know as much as possible about them first before owning one!

Can't agree more! I got the top 3 and im SO in love with them all!

I have a Northern Blue Tongue, and I got her young. Absolutely glad you have them on your list! I also think it makes a huge difference in regards to where you get your reptile. I found a great breeder in Chicago and at any moment I can message him and get a response in a day or less. I was also able to pick what couple that mated baby. My opinion this was a huge .

I been watching your videos lately and I really like the info Im hearing and Im learning alot. I have subscribed :3

Good content again. Dione rat snakes (Elaphe dione) are insanely friendly too. Can be bought in many local forms/colour forms (bred/established by the Exotarium Tula, some very aesthetic animals are Wladiwostok/Nigrita/Vipera/Beijing forms). Even has a very short incubation time of only two weeks in some cases (incubation is easy too). They are the best starter snake according to many in Europe, totally underrated in America/Canada. The same as the Siberian Amur snakes (the Korean one isn't).

I've watched your live stream with my Blue tongue skink on my shoulder and hood of my hoodie. He is so great. Love to see the Blue Tongues get on the list. 😃

My daughter talked me into letting her get a leopard gecko. He's pretty chill, chill enough that my 3 year old can even hold him (under close supervision). He's so low maintenance, the main thing for us is making sure to keep a close eye on the temperatures in his tank. We have some brutal winters up here and live in an old house with so so insulation

Blue-tongued skinks, or skinks generally are crazy looking lizards. They are so fishlike in their body shape.

Plan to get my bearded dragon soon, enclosure all set up.... Lots and lots of research❤

I met an adult bearded dragon at a pet shop years ago. The owner took him out and let me carry him around the store. He put his belly on my forearm, hung his legs and tail over the sides, and went to sleep pretty quick. Once he warmed up I almost forgot he was there. Would've walked right out of there if I hadn't seen his empty enclosure by the door.

I own a beardie and I can confirm, she is just the sweetest thing

I’m getting my first bearded dragon next week! I’m so excited and so glad I found your channel. ❤

Crested geckos, garter snakes and hognose could definitely be on the list. Some crested geckos like to bite but I think it's rare. Even wild garters rarely bite. Hognose only bluff strike and usually only bite as a feeding response.

Just turned the vlog on so not sure if Leopard Geckos make this one but I just want to share, my Leopard Gecko begs to be held. She will stand up tall and pace and stare at me and when I offer my hand she climbs up and then will go to sleep on my chest for about 20 minutes. If I take her out and set her right back in, thinking she has one brain cell so she should be good and think I held her, nopeity no way jose, she begs out again. But after a 20 min snoogle fest she will go do her lizard things when I put her back. I love her so so much. 🥰😊

Love the video mate keep it up and happy new years ☺️👍

Love this list and love Diamond! The ear bites are adorable (cause I'm not the one being bitten lol...sorries) and there's something so relaxing about a snake or lizard that is willing to just chill with you.

Agreeing with the list! And if beardie seems too big, one can always get a Rankins dragon (pogona henrylawsoni). Same lovely, curious, friendly personality but in a smaller package (and more picky with their greens🤣)

I would've expected tortoises to make their list. From my experience, they're definitely one of the friendlier reptiles! And personally I don't think leopard geckos would fit this list. Personally, I find them a little too fragile, and from my experience leopard geckos always try to run away while being handled. Nice video overall though!

Agree with all of these! Great video and so many could be 3-5 but top 2 for me are the same as yours!

Great content as always merry Christmas and looking forward to the new content in 2022.

20 seconds early already know its going to be great like always!

Watching this reminded me how much I miss handling reptiles but, at the same time I know I dont have the space in my life for them.....bittersweet

Man great videos and channel, you are very informative

I have 4 kids all adults now, who throughput the years have had many pets from reptiles to ferrets and everything in between. So being the mom ive gotten used to all. Im 67 now and am now a widow. I dog that i had since she was 8wks old passed away this year. I live with my daughter and son in law now who are animal lovers. So we have 5 dogs, 3 rats, and 3 snakes. However for the first time in my life im alone in my room. So i thought about getting a new pet. I feel in love with a male sand boa. Hes lovely. Very gentle and easy going. Hes truly my buddy now. He very easy to hold and talk to, he pays attention 😊. Im very comfortable handling him. Maybe because im old and move slow hes very easy going. His name is Suibian. Which means whatever, thats how we leave, whatever happens we can get through it together. Love your show. Stay healthy, happy and safe always.

Yeah, beardies really are the best. I may not have one myself, but one of my friends does, and whenever I come over, I can't go without holding her bearded dragon.

Adam, could you please do a informational video on the different and difference between species. Boa, python , milk, garter etc.

Thanks for your advice

Like the new intro man. Really like this video bring me back to the old days when I was working at the pets shops carrying around bearded dragons on my shirt while I was cleaning they're enclosures. Love the skinks names to.

I’m watching this video while getting ready for my day … with my ball python Garth coiled up in my shirt. 😂 I often exclaim (in my best Woody voice), “There’s a snake in my boobs!” Because I’m a dork.

Couldn't agree more with number 1. Nothing but the most laid back critter that you could own. A little bit on the pricey side, bit worth it. Also, definitely agree with getting critters as babies. A bite will usually mean nothing and they are much easier to tame. And mistakes are much more forgivable.

Ive had my Ball Python for just over a year now and hes NEVER tried to strike or me AT ALL!! 😊. Hes the goodest boi!! Love him so much!!

With so many good options, idk how you can just pick five. Keep up the awesome content man.

Do you think that being captive bred bred for generations plays a huge role in the most friendly reptiles? Like bearded dragons, northern blue tongues, and ball pythons have all been bred in captivity for so many years now that they are almost being domesticated in a sense.

My bluey Jeje is such a sweetheart these days. Of corse like any other animal he has things he doesn’t like and certain people he doesn’t like. But he’ll comfortably sit with me while I do homework or watch movies.

Great video! Love your topics

What do you think about tortoise? Also another major drawback to ball pythons is feeding rodents, especially with kids and parents. Please do a part 2!

Steve and Irwin,great respect for a great man,I'm a fan of your channel now!!!!!

Those geckos and bearded dragons are badass. If I were to get a reptile as a pet it’ll be one of those.

Thank goodness this video came along, long time subscriber looking for an easy reptile

Hey great video! One reptile id add on the list is the Cuban False Chameleon! Super chill attitude and love to hangout with you!

My bearded dragon is the sweetest thing ever, like almost all beardies, but he is so inquisitive. Doesn't matter how often I let him out or how familiar the surroundings are, he loves to move around and explore. He was the most active, friendly, and healthy of all the beardies when I went to get one. Only downside is he only wants to eat bugs and i have to take a little extra care to make sure he eats his veggies. It's like I have a child, but with scales lol

Another great video 👍

Thank you for your channel!! I’m looking into getting a reptile but I’m not sure which one I’d like. This will be my first reptile!

💯 diamond was eyeing up Adam’s 👂 towards the end 😂😂😂

I have a blue tongue skink and she is the sweetest thing ever. Just chilling, curled up next to me rn actually. She’s so lazy XD

I have two Leopoard Geckos. One didn't get socialised enough as a baby and tries to fight everything (my hand, her water bowl, a shadow, the cats tail when they used to sit on top of the viv). The other loves to be held though can't sit on your shoulder anymore as she lost all of her toes. The latter one was a rescue (handling her was probably the only thing her previous owners got right).

Always love watching your videos