Here is a quick description of how I keep my Uroplatus pietschmanni. I'm sorry that it is so brief, I typed it up in just a few minutes and I will be making a better one later. If anyone has anything they would like to add I would encourage them to do so.
-Mat
Caging: 2ft x 2ft x 2ft screen cage with glass on front and back. Broad leaf study plants with thick stems seem to be preferred over pothos and ficus. Slabs of corkbark and sticks or arm width are placed so the geckos have access to the whole cage via the corkbark and sticks.
Food: I feed mine crickets during the winter and seasonal field collected prey during the warmer months. I feed mine largely on moths and grasshoppers during the summer. Snails are taken with special relish by this species but are only accepted by females. A food cup seems to work well for some of the geckos but others will refuse to eat from it.
Heat / Humidity / Misting: A heat gradient is provided in the cage with it being around 70 on the low end and 75-76 on the high end. Temperature fluctuates several degrees depending on season. Night time temps are around 65. I use a small nocturnal heat light during the night which they really like, it seems to also boost their activity and food intake. Humidity is around 65% for the majority of the day. I mist only once a day and my cage stays “damp” for usually no more than 30min to an hour so I keep these slightly drier than other Uroplatus.
Lighting: A incandescent lamp for heat and a flouesent strip lamp for UV.
Breeding: Females lay 2 eggs at 2-3 month intervals. Mine seem to almost have an addiction to breeding so you may have to separate them if you start to get to many eggs. There seems to defiantly be a certain amount of bonding / mate choosing in this species because I know many people who have had absolutely no success with this species where as mine will start the breeding ritual with me holding them in my hands. Gravid females develop a darker and a noticeably different body shape. The body forms a sort of V with the area around the top legs becomes very wide tapering down toward the lower part of the body. I am not sure exactly what triggers breeding as mine seem to breed whenever they feel like it. Mating has often been observed with no egg production.
