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    Breeding locusts (Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria) for geckos

    Breeding locusts as feeders for geckos and other insectivorous reptiles (Schistocerca gregaria Forsskål, 1775 and Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758 ) Both species of locusts (Locusta migratoria and Schistocerca gregaria) are known as a plague for crops in Sub-Saharan Africa since the early...
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    Uroplatus fimbriatus shedding

    Uroplatus fimbriatus shedding - YouTube
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    Organic hay as food for feeder insects

    Along with geckos, I have more or less always kept pet rodents. I buy Hamiform Organic Hay from my local pet store. (Hami Form - Pour le bien-être de nos petits compagnons ) I have contacted them, and they were kind enough to share some precious nutritional data. I use this hay as part of the...
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    Crested geckos care sheet

    http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gecko-care-sheets/66756-crested-geckos-care-sheet-correlophus-ciliatus-basics.html#post377372
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    Crested geckos care sheet (Correlophus ciliatus) the basics

    Crested geckos care and breeding, the basics Taxonomics: Class: Sauria Superfamily: Gekkota Family: Diplodactylidae Species: Correlophus ciliatus, Guichenot 1866, old synonym: Rhacodactylus ciliatus. See Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.A., Sadlier, R.A., Whitaker, A.H. (2012) "Revision of the giant...
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    C. ciliatus eating fruit mash through a syringe

    R. ciliatus (crested gecko) licking fruit from a syringe - YouTube
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    African fat-tail pair

    [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie42WAtVgu0[/URL] I have chosen this video, made outside in summer, to show how slow these geckos are.
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    Cyrtodactylus thochuensis, Southern Vietnam

    http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03228p060f.pdf Another species described in 2012.
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    Cyrtodactylus majulah from Singapore

    http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/60/60rbz487-499.pdf
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    Ptychozoon kaengkrachanense

    Ptychozoon kaengkrachanense from Western Thailand: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03513p078f.pdf
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    Nactus kunan from Papua New Guinea

    http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03257p037.pdf
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    Hemidactylus from India

    New lizard species found in Junagadh named after Gujarat - Indian Express Hemidactylus gujaratensis (named last February)
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    Geckos First Aid Kit

    Gecko first-aid kit France has one of the world’s most complex sets of legislation on reptile keeping, and a permit system. These permits are handled by local authorities in charge of wildlife. There are national recommendations, and sometimes local ones. I received this recently from my own...
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    Young Uroplatus fimbriatus

    Young Uroplatus fimbriatus - YouTube
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    Breeding red runner roaches (B. lateralis)

    Blatta lateralis as gecko food: The basics Blatta lateralis, also known as the “red runner roach” is a widespread variety of ****roach offering many advantages as a food insect. They are far less chitinous, so more easily digested, than other roaches found in the hobby. Adult B. lateralis are...
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    Acyrthosiphon pisum aphids for baby geckos?

    Acyrthosiphon pisum are green peas aphids, 2-3 mm long; they have recently appeared on the stocklist of my insect provider, coming with the proper germinated peas in plastic jars. Has anyone any nutritional data and/or experience with them, especially for tiny baby geckos of some small species?
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    Prey movement, inert food, and nutritional diversity

    What follows is a series of personal thoughts, mainly led - at least I hope so- by observation, common sense and some scientific well-known points. Reptiles at large show a remarkable uniformity as regards some aspects of their nutrition. Example #1: geckos will react to particular movements...
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    Document for CITES II (and non-Cites species)

    I use this document whenever buying or selling ANY gecko. It has to be used and properly filled in by the buyer and the seller for all Appendix II (European B) species such as Phelsuma or Uroplatus. Check www.cites.org for the complete list. Who can predict which species will be included in the...
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    Pachydactylus haackei

    I have a pair. Not bred them yet. These geckos are from rocky outcrops in Southern Namibia, where temps vary considerably (from below 0°C to above 40°C) with morning humidity -light mistings are appreciated by this species. Their skin is quite fragile, so are their tails. These guys are VERY...
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    Some sikorae babies hatched this year

    I had two babies last summer with that red stripe: Some of the others:
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