[Jimmy the Barrel]

I am building a new enclosure for a pair of Nightstalker Geckos. I am having trouble finding info on their native habitat.

Can anyone tell me from what region they come from? Any info on where they come from would be great.

Also, I know they like it about mid 70's day, and low 70's high 60's at night. Any idea on a good humidity? I want to use a waterfall feature, but I dont wnat to get the humidity to high.

[JimmyNightlizard]

Originally Posted by Jimmy the Barrel

I am building a new enclosure for a pair of Nightstalker Geckos. I am having trouble finding info on their native habitat.

Can anyone tell me from what region they come from? Any info on where they come from would be great.

Also, I know they like it about mid 70's day, and low 70's high 60's at night. Any idea on a good humidity? I want to use a waterfall feature, but I dont wnat to get the humidity to high.

The nightstalkers are from malaysia and thailand. I keep a large group of them myself. And have had alittle success with breeding so far. I have acouple of their eggs incubating as we speak. As far as humidity goes, I would mist them every day or every other day, depending how dry things look. But you have to be careful with that, you don't want it to be too wet in there. Just enough so they can get a good drink. I keep all of mine individually. But you can keep a pair together if given enough space and hide places. The male will seek out the female though and most like find her no matter how much space you give them! The males are very determind breeders! And too much activity could pose a problem with feeding. Its happend with a pair of mine before, so I had to separate them. I only introduce the male for just one day. You must monitor them once they are in together! Just like people, some male reptiles are too aggressive with the girls. haha.. Its really funny though, I have 7 males, and 10 females, most of the males do rather well with the females, but I have this one male that is absolutely insane! So I can't use him for breeding. He bites too much and causes the female to scream in panic mode! You will find out that these geckos are very vocal. The males have a mating call, but they also makes sounds when your picking them up. What I usually do when intoducing a male to a female, I'll put him in see if he is being gentle with her, and if she in receptive to him? If they start mating, turn off the lights in the room and leave them alone until the next day. The following mourning after he's done mating with her, take him out. If you ever decide to get more of them, never put the males in together! Or things could get ugly! I keep all of my males and females alone in 16 qt plastic storage containors/ with several holes drilled on the sides. However I also use large hexigon aquariums(with custom made mesh tops) for keeping pairs together for short periods of time. What type of enclosure are going to build?

[Jimmy the Barrel]

Right now they are in a 12x12x18 Zoo Med enclosure, this is my soon to be Canivorous Plant terrarium. They have been housed together for over a year, I bought them as a pair of proven breeders. So no hostility issues. This will be their house for at least another week.

I am building an 18x18x24 Zoo Med Naturalistic Terrarium to house them and a pair of Satanic Leaf Tailed Geckos, they were housed with a trio of Henkels leaf Tailed for a year, so should not be a problem (I hope). I am in the process of building the background and getting plants ordered. I plan on using all live plants, with a few fakes to fill things out until the live ones grow. I am building a multi stage waterfall feature using 3 Flukers Groovy Jacuzzi's. Each one larger than the last, and Great Stuff to create the water channels. Should be awesome.

There will be pics soon of the construction.

[JimmyNightlizard]

Originally Posted by Jimmy the Barrel

Right now they are in a 12x12x18 Zoo Med enclosure, this is my soon to be Canivorous Plant terrarium. They have been housed together for over a year, I bought them as a pair of proven breeders. So no hostility issues. This will be their house for at least another week.

I am building an 18x18x24 Zoo Med Naturalistic Terrarium to house them and a pair of Satanic Leaf Tailed Geckos, they were housed with a trio of Henkels leaf Tailed for a year, so should not be a problem (I hope). I am in the process of building the background and getting plants ordered. I plan on using all live plants, with a few fakes to fill things out until the live ones grow. I am building a multi stage waterfall feature using 3 Flukers Groovy Jacuzzi's. Each one larger than the last, and Great Stuff to create the water channels. Should be awesome.

There will be pics soon of the construction.

What type of nightstalkers do you have? intermedius, pulchellus, irianjayensis? From what I hear the giant night stalker-C. irianjayensis is much more relaxed and gets along alot better with cage mates. Almost sounds like that is what you have. The pulchellus are the ones I have. That's awsome that you were able to find a proven pair! Pairing up fresh imports for instance is never easy, some do well and others do not. Alot of trial and error involved. Luckily enough I have a pretty good group that is working out for me so far. The set up your building sounds really cool! Look forward to seeing pictures of it!

[Jimmy the Barrel]

Looking at them I would say they are C. pulchellus. Their white spots that go around the bands are fairly scattered. The pics I see on the net seems to match pulchellus anyway.

I get a new camera in a couple of week for my b-day. Mine gave up on me, i will posts pics of them and see what yall think. I know they are not the giants.

And yeah, if I had the cash I would have racked in a couple more pair. Got em from a guy who is going through a divorce, a collector. Had to sell his whole collection, over 100 geckos. Many many breeding pairs. I didnt have much money at the time, so I got this pair for 25 bucks.

[JimmyNightlizard]

Originally Posted by Jimmy the Barrel

Looking at them I would say they are C. pulchellus. Their white spots that go around the bands are fairly scattered. The pics I see on the net seems to match pulchellus anyway.

I get a new camera in a couple of week for my b-day. Mine gave up on me, i will posts pics of them and see what yall think. I know they are not the giants.

And yeah, if I had the cash I would have racked in a couple more pair. Got em from a guy who is going through a divorce, a collector. Had to sell his whole collection, over 100 geckos. Many many breeding pairs. I didnt have much money at the time, so I got this pair for 25 bucks.

With the scattered white spots, sounds more likely that they are the intermedius? I have a few examples of true pulchellus below.

[Jimmy the Barrel]

They dont really have the line the spots are with. just the spots, and not as regular.

Pics will fix this. Camera coming soon.

[Jimmy the Barrel]

Now this guy looks like my 2.



No solid lines around the bands, scattered white spots along the banding lines. Why I think my might be cyrtodactylus pulchellus.

[JimmyNightlizard]

Originally Posted by Jimmy the Barrel

Now this guy looks like my 2.



No solid lines around the bands, scattered white spots along the banding lines. Why I think my might be cyrtodactylus pulchellus.

Ohh ok, well it could be either one. I need to see the ones you have to know for sure. Intermedius have 5 bands, but even though most members of the pulchellus group have only 4 bands, there are also 5 banded pulchellus's out there. It depends on the skin too. If the skin is more velvety its more likely intermedius. If they have a more rough and beaded look, then they are most likely pulchellus.

[Jimmy the Barrel]

I finally got a hold of the man I bought this pair from, and he confirms they are C. Intermedius.

He said they have laid eggs, but he does not have his husbandry sheets anymore (lost in divorce move out) to tell me what conditions they were in when they breed.

I will ask around for more info. Specifically breeding info, and diet requirements.