Your photo shows what appears to be Ptyodactylus guttatus. This species is
perhaps the most vocal member of the genus, and also the most diurnal one.
They will require consistently warm conditions during the breeding season
(95 F. +) and walls that are something besides glass (texture with cement or
something). They obviously glue their eggs to the terrarium walls and will
take 55-100 days to hatch, depending upon where the eggs are deposited and
how warm it is at that site. This species, as do all Ptyodactylus, require
good amounts of calcium for normal egg production. Place a small dish with
ground up egg shells and other calcium based particles in the terrarium.
During the first year of egg production, females are capable of laying an
enormous number of clutches (8-14), as long as conditions remain constant
and ideal, so stay on top of the calcium situation and guard against over
production. Hibernate the animals by just reducing the temperatures about
20-25 F. for about 2 months.
Jon
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From: "Neil Tyreman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 1:05 AM
Subject: re: Ptyodactylus
> Hi,
>
> I picked up 4 fan footed gecko at a local show on the weekend but I'm
> unsure of the exact species. Any help indentifying the species would be
> grestly appreciated. Also any specific care requirements would also be
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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