Gonatodes albogularis pair laid their first egg!

wuukiee · #1 09-01-2010, 03:10 AM

I posted a year or so ago with a story of having a wild Gonatodes albogularis male brought into the shop where I work--he stowed away in a shipment of pottery from South America.

Since then, I was able to track down a female for him (bought her as not more than a hatchling), grow her out, introduce them, then...

today... they rewarded me with my first egg.

Fertile, too, it looks like from candling. We'll see how it goes, if it hatches, but I'm thrilled beyond belief.

Any tips or tricks on incubation and raising youngsters would be much appreciated. I've read all I can find to read, but... that's not a whole lot as far as these guys goes.

hexentanz · #2 09-01-2010, 04:08 PM

Hi,

I have been told it is best to incubate the eggs of this species and Sphaerodactylus inside the tanks directly. You can place the egg in to a small deli cup filled with moistened vermiculite, above the vermiculite layer place a film cap and you can put the egg on to the film cap. Be sure to add some tiny holes in the lid so the egg can breathe.

Babies can be raised in 2-5 gallon tanks.

Michel14 · #3 09-05-2010, 06:18 AM

Hello,
I myself have also got Gonatodes and as I haven't got an incubator I just left - as hexentanz says -the eggs in the tanks. However, when I found my first G. ocellatus egg I just put it in a cricket box on a layer of dry sand.
Additionally, I put a small wet sponch into the box to increase humidity.
After 6 (!) months my first G.ocellatus baby hatched out of its egg.
So, have patience and good luck.
Michael

*ZERO* · #4 09-06-2010, 03:09 PM

wow congrats, not common to be lucky like that.. hope they turn out cant wait to see some pictures

wuukiee · #5 01-02-2011, 04:39 AM

Update: the first egg collapsed. But they laid a second egg a few months later that's been cooking since November. It is starting to look really dark the way Pictus eggs look before they hatch, so I hope that's a good sign. They haven't laid again, but I've kept my shed cooled for the winter to give everyone a rest. I have no doubt they'll pick back up in the spring.

Here's a photo of the pair, though

Hannibal · #6 01-02-2011, 04:46 AM

Congrats on the 2nd egg, hope it hatches out for you. The parents are gorgeous and may they bring you many more fertile eggs this year because I want to see lots of baby photo of this species.

wuukiee · #7 01-02-2011, 04:56 AM

I hope so too! The female I know is young (a year and a half or so). The male, since he's wild, is an unknown quantity age-wise. I know he's been in captivity/in my possession at least two years, and he was an adult when I got him.

I hope he's got at least a couple good breeding seasons in him still. (He seems totally spry, active, and happy, but I can't seem to find a lot of data on the lifespan of these guys. So I fret, especially given their overall rarity and the fact he's a wild F0.)

*ZERO* · #8 01-08-2011, 02:03 PM

wow still not hatched since november! what is the estimated incubation time for them?

wuukiee · #9 01-13-2011, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by *ZERO*

wow still not hatched since november! what is the estimated incubation time for them?

I honestly don't know. I've heard from others that gonatoides eggs can apparently take up to 6 months to hatch, but haven't been really able to find much data to support or deny that. There's just not a ton of into to be had on these little guys.

geckogurl21 · #10 03-12-2012, 02:33 PM

I realize this thread is over a year old, just wondering if the egg ever hatched, or if they laid more since Nov '09? That's a cool story about how you got the male, he is gorgeous with the bright yellow head!