Vittatus breeding info.

Tasha · #1 10-20-2008, 02:33 PM

I have a pair of white lined geckos and I can't really find any information about breeding.

Can anyone help me out? Under what conditions will they mate? How long do the eggs take to hatch once they're laid? Just things like that would be helpful.

Thanks.

Ingo · #2 10-21-2008, 02:06 AM

Hi,

if housing conditions for your vittatus are Ok and if you have a true pair, you can hardly prevent them from breeding. These geckos lay eggs year round, one clutch every 4 to 6 weeks. Eggs are glued tightly to smooth surfaces and typically cannot be removed. In an incubator at constantly 29°C, babies can hatch after 65 days. In the tank, babies typically need 90 to 140 days for hatching, depending on the actual conditions. Parents normally take care of eggs and babies. However, some adults (local populations??) tend to not protect babies but rather prey on them. So watch your geckos. If the first babies are not eaten, all others to come will be safe. If your animals eat their babies, they will continue to do so and you have to remove hatchlings.
What is sold as G. vittatus may harbour three or more species (medium sized with white stripe, very large ones with white stripe, small ones which are born with white stripe but almost loose it upon growth and possibly more). Thus take care to start with either cb specimens or specimens from the same importation.

Hope that helps

Ingo

Tasha · #3 10-21-2008, 07:44 PM

Thank you for the information.

My female is smaller with more of a trail of white dots down her back and my male is large and has a solid white stripe down his back.

I've had them in a tank together for about 3 weeks or so now.

Ingo · #4 10-22-2008, 06:15 AM

Sounds like you have two different morphs. I have no idea, if these are sexually compatible or not-just wait and see.

Ingo

Saille · #5 10-22-2008, 05:10 PM

Can you get pics of your geckos?
I only have the solid striped morphs, 2 males and a juvie.

Tasha · #6 10-22-2008, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ingo

Sounds like you have two different morphs. I have no idea, if these are sexually compatible or not-just wait and see.

Ingo

yeah, I hope they are.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saille

Can you get pics of your geckos?
I only have the solid striped morphs, 2 males and a juvie.

here's a couple...actually, you commented in a thread I made when I got my female that has pictures of her and him in it.

Female:

Male:

Also, he's got these bump things on either side of his neck...are they glands or something? They've always been there, I'm just curious as to what they are.

Saille · #7 10-22-2008, 09:02 PM

Yes, I remember now!

They're still good looking geckos, your male looks just like my two males and my juvie. I know that when my friend bumped up the heat in his enclosure, his pair mated and he got eggs. What are the temps in their enclosure currently?

Tasha · #8 10-23-2008, 12:48 AM

About 80.

And thank you. I really like the little guys, even if I can't touch em

whenever I need to clean their tank, I make my boyfriend catch em out of there for me. The male tried to bite him once and the female is actually pretty calm when he catches her.

And the guy I bought him from said he wasn't an agressive one. Pfffft.

Ingo · #9 10-23-2008, 01:48 AM

Yes, that is definitely two morphs and I am quite confident that the almost stripeless one will be described as a seperate species relatively soon. There are clear differences in size, morphology and behaviour to the other vittatus.
For this reason it would be interesting to see if these do interbreed with the "classical" striped vittatus.
Keep us updated

Ingo

P.S.: Your male looks very, very female to me. Do you have a closeup of its anal region?

Tasha · #10 10-23-2008, 06:49 PM

Not really, no.

He's hard to get pictures of, he's real skittish.

How does he look female?