Coleonyx mitratus

[DerekMoynihan]

Anyone working with these geckos. I would love to see some pictures.

 

[Nathan Hall]

Derek,

I worked with them for many years, and I've been looking for captive-bred specimens for months. What a neat gecko!

 

[Leland]

C.mitratus

I am working with some cb C.mitratus right now. I need some males though, anyone have anything to trade/sell/breeder loan? They are a great species, I enjoy them alot.

 

[Brian]

How long typically does it take a female to lay eggs. My female has been noticablely gravid lately.

 

[geckocrazy]

Hey Leland,
I have 3 males being delivered tomorrow but they are wild caught. I was wondering if you had any available females?? Chris

 

[geckocrazy]

Here's a pic of one of my coleonyx mitratus. I really like the pattern on this guy.

 

[Nathan Hall]

Brian,

My females laid every 2-3 weeks!

 

[Brian]

I may have been mistaken. It might just be food in her gut. Mine might be a little fat. Their tails are kind of plump, I mean for a thin tailed species. Especially the male is kind of fat. I did have an ant invasion in the tank so I might have lost any eggs I didn't find.

They take food from my hands now. They also let me pick them up, but they hate to be restrained in anyway.

I currently keep my pair in a 10 gallon tank. Is there any reason I shouldn't put them in a 20 gallon. I have trouble putting plants and bark in the tank since there is not much room.

 

[geckocrazy]

Here's a pic of my setup for my pair. Only have the male in there now. The second pic is a find the gecko lol. Kind of a simple setup but effective.

 

[Nathan Hall]

Good lookin' set-up, Chris. I'm sure that they will be happy. You might want to reduce the substrate depth so the female lays in the nestbox.

 

[gecko man]

i really need a male gecko lemme know if ya hear of any please

 

[geckocrazy]

Good news.. Looks like i'm going to have some eggs soon. My 2.2 are doing great and both females are swelling up nicely.

 

[Brian]

I wonder if mine are too cold or something. I haven't got any eggs. Although they are both pretty fat it seems as well as really "spunky". The male has really gotten bigger. When I first got them they were pretty much physically the same. Now my male has a much bigger head and is "beefyer". I didn't think he'd bulk up like my fat tails.