[Saille]

Hi there,
I just recently aquired two more White Lined (skunk) geckos (Gekko Vittatus) for free.
I was given my current male over a year ago and he's a big healthy wild guy. I love him, but don't handle him at all unless absolutely necessary.

Well the lady who gave me the two new ones (she was in fact thrilled to get rid of them!) knew next to nothing about White Lined Gex, in fact they were given to her as Crested geckos, if you can believe that! (she had bought an exo terra off craigslist and the two white lines were included free!) Because there are two eggs "glued" to the side of the exo terra, she assumed that the larger one was a female, and that the juvie had hatched from a previous clutch.
Well, it turns out that the larger of the two is male, and I think the Juvie is a possible male as well.
So that leaves me with 2 definite males, and 1 possible!
Bigger male:
underside!

Topside:


And the cute little Juvie:



My question is, are there any U.S. breeders of this particular species? If so, I'd love to hear from you about your incubation methods, (heat/humidity) and whether anyone knows if these can be a temperature sexed species or not?
Sadly, these guys arent' particularly popular (at least in my area) though I find them to be beautiful.
I'm pretty much 100% sure that my first one was a WC, and the newer male is also a WC.
Somehow, he never beat up the little juvie though I believe they had been housed together for quite a while.
I of course now have them separated and am now trying to work on taming the Juvie down.
Any tips, thoughts, advice?
Thank you!
Saille

[cliff_f]

There are a few G.vittatus breeders in the US there are a few that is on this site. I have a pair that I havnt bred yet. Basically with incubation you just leave the eggs glued where they are and they will incubate.

[Spawn]

Hello:
I have bred Striped (or Skunk Geckos) on two separate occasions. One time was with just a pair in a single cage, the other being two pairs that I kept together. The cages were set up with Cypress mulch as a substrate. Potted Pothos plants were added to both offer cover for the adult animals and an area of leaves to spray for water in case any of the animals did not drink from the water dishes provided. All the animals were wild caught.
In both situations eggs were laid and in both cases the eggs were glued to the sides of the plastic pots containing the plants. All three batches were laid at the bottom of the pot right at ground level. A total of six eggs were laid between the two groups of geckos. I made no attempt to remove the eggs from the sides of the pots.
During the incubation period all I did was spray the eggs directly at least once every other day and to make sure the substrate surrounding the eggs stayed moist. The temps ranged from 78-85 degrees F. Luckily the eggs of most Geckos of the genus Gekko seem to be very resilient and tough which is a plus because of the way they are often laid in areas not always optimal for ease of care.
All six of the eggs hatched with perfect babies emerging.
I hope this info helps a little.
Have A Great Day!!!

[Saille]

Thank you so much for the detailed reply!
I would love to get CB females for my boys.
What did you do with the hatchlings?

[Spawn]

Hello:
It was several years ago that I bred them. I gave them to friends of mine.
I currently have another male that I will be pairing up in the next couple weeks. I also have a pair of Tokays which laid two eggs (on the glass) last month and a juvenile I am raising up. A Green-Eye Gecko (male) tops out the list of geckos I have from the genus Gekko.
I have some Leopards and Phelsuma's as well.
I'm glad the info was of some use to you.
Have A Great Day!!!