My experiences mirror Yuri's experiences. And I think he is dead on with
low incubation temps resulting in weaker hatchlings. I've got eggs
incubating from this species at this very moment. Interestingly, for such a
large species, they only lay single eggs. However, some other large New
World species also lay single eggs, like all Aristelliger species. Most
Thecadactylus will readily consume fruit and especially those populations in
the Caribbean, where specimens have been witnessed gorging on suspended
fruit at night.
Jon
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From: gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com [mailto:gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com]
On Behalf Of Yuri Huta
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:41 AM
To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com
Subject: Re: [gecko]Thecadactylus husbandry and paper
Hi Gekkotan,
I have kept these in the past and got them to breed, lay eggs and
eventually got a couple of hatchlings. I kept them in a 12 x 12 x
18 tall (30cm x 30cm x 45cm tall) Exoterra with a potted Sansevieria
and a long cork tube. I fed them dusted crickets and waxmoth larvae.
The female would lay eggs in the potting soil of the Sansevieria. She
would cover them up quite well and I would have to rot around to find
them. The Exoterra had a compact fluorescent on top of the screen and
the temperature would be in the mid to high 70 degrees F, with the
low dropping to the mid 60 degrees F. If it helps, this was the same
room I kept poison arrow frogs and a few species of Sphaerodactylus
and Gonatodes - and all of these did quite well in this setting. The
Sphaerodactylus, Gonatodes and Dendrobatid frogs had slightly higher
daytime temperatures though (enclosed aqauriums with glass lids
helped retain heat better than the screen topped Exoterra).
I did not notice any problems with keeping the male with the female
full time. I did notice that the hatchlings were rather weak and it
took work to get them to feed. Perhaps my incubation temperatures
were too low?
Yuri
On Oct 13, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Gekkotan Gekkotan wrote:
Hi, I am looking for the article
Bianchi, J. 1991. Notes on Captive Breeding of of the Turnip-Tailed
Gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda Jour. Int. Gecko Soc. 1 (1): 17-19
Does anyone have this and/or any info about husbandry and breeding
this species?
Thanks for any help.
Gekkotan
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