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I had a surprise last night when feeding my geckos! I have a pair of Wahlberg's geckos in a large vivarium with logs and live plants. I'd been told that the eggs incubate for many months and I'd decided that it was not something I would actively pursue since they are imported at fairly low prices and I have lots of other breeding projects. However, I knew if I found eggs I probably wouldn't be able to just leave them alone. But I never noticed the female digging or showing any signs of laying. She's always fatter than the male, and I have so many lizards that I don't look carefully at each one daily.

Last night I was so thrilled to find this baby. I hadn't given the Wahlbergs any crickets in a couple of days and I saw the male actively watching this baby, who is at least three inches long. I quickly caught the baby and fed the adults some crickets in case another baby hatched out (I guess they just lay pairs of eggs??). Does anyone have any information on Wahlberg babies? This one has the coloration and pattern of the female. But I don't know if that is just because it's a baby or if they are that easy to sex. Anything would be appreciated. Thanks!

Lucy
SMallDragons

what is a wahlbergs gecko.If I knew the scientific name I might be able to get some info from all the herp books I have.also do you have any flame bellied aradillo lizards.I could be wrong but I could of sworn I saw a web site that had dance today in it or something.
nick

I'll have to look up the scientific name for you, thanks. Yes, I have a trio of flame belly armadillo lizards. My web site is smalldragons.com. No flame bellies (cordylus mossambicus) for sale though. I've had them for at least three years and they have not reproduced. The cordylus seem to be quite hard to get to reproduce in captivity. Bert Langerwerf has been successful, slightly, with the sungazer and a few have bred the littler more common armadillos but I don't know if anyone has had any baby flame bellies yet in captivity. I'm still hopeful as they are a long lived species!

are you sure they are the right sex.Ive heard it takes along time to get them to reproduce in our time zone.I keep the smaller cordylus tropidosternum or forest armadillo lizards.Ihope to breed them when my two juveniles grow to the size of my adult.Ive had the adult since I was six and he was full grown and has been alive ever since(im now fouteen).he was my first real reptile pet.also about a month or two ago my pair of tropical night lizards had six babys and all are still alive and healthy and are ready to sell.I think Im going to keep 2-3 for myself though since the female died a week ago of unknown causes.but the male is doing good.do you have all your animals on your website or just some.thanks
nick

The flame bellies are easy to tell the sex of once they're adults, as the males have a very bright orange belly and the rest of them is jet black. The females are more of a charcoal grey with just a little orange on the chin. I'm not sure what you mean about the web site. Do you mean if I have all of my animals listed somewhere? I don't update it very often just due to time constraints. My latest are helmeted geckos. I'm not sure if I have that on there. If you want to ask more questions about non-geckos, you can e-mail me since this is a gecko forum. -Lucy

thanks.I liked your web site.sorry but I could not find any useful info on your wahlbergs geckos even though I searched high and low.but I came across a web site that keeps them and they might be able to help you.go to reptileparadise.com.
nick