Cyrtodactylus Louisiadensis Female Pics

[ari]

Hi All

Just took these pics of my female - she just recently laid again - currently have 6x eggs in the incubator. Great breeders if kept right.

 

[Rennie]

Beautiful little gecko you have there.

 

[zen]

Brilliant photos you've taken of an exquisite gecko. 8)

What camera did you take those with?

 

[olivehydra]

Nice gex pics. I dont know much about these lizzies but I thought ring-tailed geckos had quite thin tails??? I dont even know if I have my common name correct, so please forgive my ignorence

 

[olivehydra]

And my spellin ('a' instead of 'e')

 

[AntaresiaLady]

Very sweet! Top pics...Wish my cam would do shots like that!

 

[spongebob]

Hi there Troy,
Just wondered what is the best way to keep these critters. Obvoiusly they are large and jump a lot, so whats the best way of housing them. and what about heat and humidity?

 

[ari]

Hi Spongebob

I have my pair in a 4ft long x 2 ft high x 1.5 ft wide aquarium with a mesh lid. Substrate is sand & coir peat mixed together, with various bark branches & cork bark for them to climb. I have a special hide in there enclosure which I have placed on a mound of sand & peat. The female always lays her eggs under the sand & peat within this hide. I dont really have a moist area as such but do spray once during the day & once at night on the glass on one side for humidity & drinking. Humidity is at 60-70%, with ambient room temp of 26-27 degrees. Hot spot during the day gets upto 30 degrees max on one side of the enclosure. I supply both UVA/UVB fluro lighting for them during the day & a small bowl of calcium powder which the female licks up. They lay hard shelled eggs - so calcium is very important. I feed crickets & crickets only, dusted depending on the day with calcium or other day Multivitamin powder.

When breeding I feed every night. Three most important things I have found is calcium, UVA/UVB lighting & temp/humidity.

Ari

 

[ari]

Sorry everyone the camera is a Pentax Optio S60 6MP digital camera for around $300.

 

[aussiesnakelover]

im gueesin i cant keep them up here then to hot here

 

[zen]

the camera is a Pentax Optio S60 6MP digital

Thanks for the camera specs Ari.

They're nice, crisp pics 8)


Good husbandry wrap there too.
I reckon that general set-up would suit most gecko species.


Olivehydra, your comnmon name is correct... Ring-Tailed Gecko