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This is my fourth one that I've owned. I haven't had any for the last 8 months or so (it is difficult to keep wild-caught ones alive for more than a few years because they are imported from Madegascar, and come loaded with parasites).

It's pretty difficult to find these guys, and they just happened to have one at the local shop, and he's in great heath, so I had to 'save' him from the poor condition they were keeping him in there

As I was setting up his terrarium last night, a big green grasshopper flew in the door, so I caught him, and fed it to him. He devoured it in a few seconds. Awesome!

Oh, and I named him Hrym.

Shop says they are getting some more in this week, maybe I can 'rescue' a female off their hands too

-a
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whoops, goofed on the image tags...

-a
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congrats n good luck!
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1.0 Gunther's Leaf-tailed Geckos (Uroplatus guentheri)
1.0 Cork Bark Leaf-tailed Geckos (Uroplatus pietschmanni)
1.1.1 Lined Leaf-tailed Geckos (Uroplatus lineatus)
1.1 Mossy Leaf-tailed Geckos (Uroplatus sikorae sikorae)
1.1 Mossy Leaf-tailed Geckos (Uroplatus sikorae sameiti)
0.0.3 Gargoyle Geckos (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
0.0.2 Crested Geckos (Rhacodactylus ciliatus)
1.1 Tucson Banded Geckos (Coleonyx variegatus bogerti)
1.0 Flying Geckos (Ptychozoon kuhli)
0.0.1 White Spot Geckos (Tarentola annularis)

its not hard to keep them alive for more than a few years because they are imported from madagascar. its hard to keep them alive more than a few years because you don't know their age. Which for all you know could be anywhere from a few months old to a few years old.

they do not always come in loaded with parasites. granted a good chunk of them do. If you play it safe.... hydrate them quickly and leave them alone... they do great.

-b.jason

Speaking of age, what are the life expectancies of leaf-tails?
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Todd
Gainesville, FL

It depends which leaf-tail....

Ebenaui= 5-7
Giants= 7-8
Henkeli= 6-8
Lined= 6-9
Mossy= 4-6
Phantasticus= 5-6
Cork Bark= 4-7

Those are in Years!

Thanks Erik

"Those are in Years!" i would hope so

Erik,

Where did you come up with those numbers. I would like to see the source on that one.

-b.jason

They are in the leaf-tail gecko book. Page #54! It is called "Leaf-Tailed Geckos" and the sub-title is "The Genus Uroplatus".

Thanks Erik
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Erik Strait
www.EriksReptiles.com
Email- Erik@EriksReptiles.com

I keep and breed all kinds of crested morphs, Henkeli leaf-tail geckos, Mossy leaf-tail geckos, Lined leaf-tail geckos, and ball python morphs!

my book is showing slightly different values, but who knows.
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-Mike Martin
North Carolina

What book do you have?? Oh ya, I did change them a little because I also found some stuff online. So I did make those numbers in there also!

Thanks Erik
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Erik Strait
www.EriksReptiles.com
Email- Erik@EriksReptiles.com

I keep and breed all kinds of crested morphs, Henkeli leaf-tail geckos, Mossy leaf-tail geckos, Lined leaf-tail geckos, and ball python morphs!

well... no offense erik but those numbers are about as trustworthy as saying that the average human life span is 40 years. the book, which a chunk of us have read, has several iunconsistencies so its credibility is low.

and your credibility is not very high as your experience does not give substantial proof other than "i read it online so in essense I made it up."

If you don't know, do not answer as if you know for a fact. I don't think anyone has that experience less they are sean foley or olaf pronk (who both have been working with them for atleast the last 15 years can truly give experience), possibly neil meister but I don't know how long he's been working with uroplatus so I couldn't give any input there. just because the size of the animal lends its to producing "moderately acceptable" ideas, you could be very wrong, who would have known leopard geckos could go 20 years or that a crested could live upwards of 15 years right...

-b.jason

I know of accurately documented henkeli ages of 12 years and one of these was a wild caught adult... so it could be 13, could be 15... could be more... who knows...
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Ben

i would bet that his figures may be close to accurate for animals in the wild. however i believe they can and will easily live 10-15 years as well kept CB animals.
on a side note, my friend has got a fire bellied newt that is 13 years old....

yeah you cant really tell. im sure a male in captivity could live fifteen years or so. but in the wild im sure most of them dont really make it to three or four. ofcourse exceptional males probably live to five, six or even longer by luck. but i think that uroplatus are best compared to chameleons with life expectancy, females especially. im sure there are geckos that can live over thirty years. i have a female standings day gecko that i have had for 13yrs-wild caught. she was the same size then as she is now(9.5in). shes been bred for about the last ten years and she hasnt slowed down one bit. a day gecko breeder was tellin me that they have a wild caught standings from 1981-still kicking. reptiles, and geckos especially, live a whole lot longer in captivity.

Yes, I beleave that the ages in that book are wild uroplatus, not cb.

Thanks Erik
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Erik Strait
www.EriksReptiles.com
Email- Erik@EriksReptiles.com

I keep and breed all kinds of crested morphs, Henkeli leaf-tail geckos, Mossy leaf-tail geckos, Lined leaf-tail geckos, and ball python morphs!

ben... i don't wonder why you aren't here anymore. its pretty self explanatory...