Hello Patrick,
It's nice to see you on the list. I was very impressed by your
article in The Vivarium.
While I've never attempted anything as ambitious as your leopard gecko
project, I have noticed that female leopard geckos, kept in harem
groups of 1.3 to 1.6, tend to form hierarchies with lower ranking
females producing fewer eggs than higher ranked animals.
There is very little known about the natural history of these
animals, the late Sherman Minton in his "Herpetology of West
Pakistan", states that E. macularius "lives in colonies". How these
colonies are set up, their size, and other details is unknown.
Other folks, including some on this list, have kept and bred other
species of gecko in colony situations. Phillipe deVosjoli, Jon Boone,
and myself have kept and bred several species of Tropiocolotes in
groups and have quite successful raising juveniles with adults. Other
species that this works with include Lepidodactylus lugubris and Homonota
horrida. Gekko vittatus, Phelsuma standingii, and Pachydactylus
tigrinus are also known to tolerate hatchlings for some
period of time after hatching. There are other species that can be
added to this list, I'm sure.
I hope this helps.
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Tony Gamble
University of Minnesota
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
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