i am intersted in any info on Lygodact luteopictura (dwarf yellow headed gecko). like captive care, natural history, breeding, ect? all i know is that they are small and come from Tanzania. they are suppose to be kept like other sticky footed geckos, so if you have any general tips that i can apply to these geckos i would love to hear them. thanks in advance.
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jbeetle
Sep 21, 2003 02:09 PM
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desertgecko
Sep 22, 2003 04:32 AM
I am interested in these little guys aswell and have found that L. luteopicturus is often confused with L. picturus. I haven't managed to find out exactly which is which. But care is apparently the same.
All species of Lygodactylus are diurnal (active in daytime), just like day geckos. And set up can be much like them. They need a tall vivarium, and loads of vertical branches and plants. They need alot of UV, more so then days, as well as a spot light to provide a hot spot around 35 C. The rest of the tank should be slightly cooler. A water dish is needed even though i doubt they'll drink from it. Misting the tank everyday will help keep the humidity high, above 50%.
Have a look on the web page below. It gives more info.
Claire
http://www.nafcon.dircon.co.uk/geckos_lygodactylus.html
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I currently keep:
1.2 leopard geckos
1.1 gold dust day geckos
6 dwarf ground geckos
0.1 chinese cave gecko
0.1 tokay gecko
Other species: crested gecko, giant day gecko
