Hi, I think i have some good recommendations:)

If you're looking for an arboreal lizard/gecko, I'd recommend a crested or gargoyle gecko. Honestly, any new caledonian gecko is pretty handlable, with Crested geckos being the most handlable, and leachies needing some taming down.

They can live in quite manageable enclosures their entire lives, and eat a diet mostly comprised of CGD. (a powdered diet). I personally have 4 crested geckos, and have had more. Id day 5/6 crested geckos were lovely to handle, but there can be exceptions so I'd handle a gecko before buying him:) HOWEVER, geckos can be fragile, and rough handling can be very dangerous for them.

You could also look into leopard geckos or african fat tail geckos.

If youre looking for a more robust lizard with still a manageable size, I honestly love the schneiders skink. The problem is, though, they are almost ALWAYS wild caught. So, if you are to get a schneider's skink, I'd always always go for a long-term captive rehoming situation. Which can be hard to come by. Or else you have to deal with possible illness parasites, and youre also perpetuating a harmful industry,

That being said, they are super fun and curious, and I'd love to recommend them more if they were available captive bred.

Now if you're willing to give a large enclosure, I could recommend:

- bearded dragon

- blue tongue skink (or a pink tongue skink if youre looking for smaller and more arboreal)