Data Collection: Lygodactylus

[hexentanz]

I would like to ask for everyone who answers this, to give full details instead of leaving out information. If you are not sure of something, do not partake until you are 100% sure, this way we will be able to keep information 100% accurate.



Based on some of the more recent threads here, I feel there is a great need for collecting some data on the genus Lygodactylus. So I developed some questions for anyone interested in the data collection to answer.

I would like to strongly encourage all Lygodactylus owners to partake in this questionnaire.

First and foremost, please list what Country you are in!

For each Lygodactylus species you own, please list the following:

Latin name?:
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers):
Approx Age of the animal(s)?:
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?:
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?:
Is this your first time working with this species?:
How many years have you been keeping this species?:
Are your animals currently breeding?:
Do you have any offspring from this species?:
Please list the amount of offspring you have?:
Have you lost any adults or offspring?:
If yes do you know the cause for death?:
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?:



I would like to ask for everyone who answers this, to give full details instead of leaving out information. If you are not sure of something, do not partake until you are 100% sure, this way we will be able to keep information 100% accurate.

 

[hexentanz]

Country: Germany


Latin name?: Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in in these numbers): 1,1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Male: 3Y 1M Female: 2Y 11M
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Captive Bred
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: N/A
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 3 Years
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 23
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: Adults 0, Offspring 2
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Offspring, 1 eaten, 1 failed to thrive (never ate and yolk sac remained attached and unabsorbed)
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Terraristika Male, Friend Female

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Latin name?: Lygodactylus grotei
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers): 1,1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Male: 3Y Female: 2Y 2M
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Captive Bred
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: N/A
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: Male: 2 years, Female 1 Year
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 29
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: Adults 1, Offspring 5
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Adult, cause unknown - Offspring, failed to thrive (stopped eating)
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Through 2 different friends

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Latin name?: Lygodactylus kimhowelli
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers): 1,2
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Male: 3Y Female 1: 3Y 3M, Female 2: 3 Y
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Captive Bred
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: N/A
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 3 Years
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 16
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: Adults 0, Offspring Lost Data
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Offspring, failed UVB study, eaten, MIA
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Through 3 different friends

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Latin name?: Lygodactylus picturatus
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers): 1,1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Unknown
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Wild Caught
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: No
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 2 Years
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 23
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: Adults 0, Offspring 18
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Offspring, eaten, failed UVB study, MIA
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Friend

 

[gosaspursm]

Country: United States

Latin name?: Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in in these numbers): 3.5
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Two Males 2.5-3 years old. Third male is less than a year old. Females 1 and 2 - 3 years old. Female 3 - 1.5 years old, Female 4 & 5 are 1 year old
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Two Males are CB, One male and all females are WC
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: No
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 3 Years
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 64
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: Adults 1, Offspring 5
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Lost adult female about a year ago due to being egg bound. Lost my first three offspring to stress induced by my looking at them every five minutes. Lost another several months ago. It failed to thrive (never ate and yolk sac remained attached and unabsorbed). Lost another hatchling recently. When attempting to move it from one tank to another it got free, jumped and landed with a thud on the ground 5 feet below. It died a few hours later.
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Females were purchased from Switzer Reptiles in San Diego, CA. Males were purchased from a local friend that picked them up originally at the Hamburg, PA reptile show.

 

[JonRich]

Latin name?: Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers):1.1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Under a year
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: CBB
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: N/A
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: Less than a year
Are your animals currently breeding?: No
Do you have any offspring from this species?: No
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: But i also have 2 younger , unsexed siblings.
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: No
If yes do you know the cause for death?: No, I hope i never have to experience this , aside for old age!
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: A friend/breeder in Montana. I live in NYC!

 

[LLDG]

Latin name?: L williamsi
Amount you keep? 1.3.8
Approx Age of the animal(s)?:
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: 1 males and 1 female are WC. Other two females are CB
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: no
Is this your first time working with this species?: yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 2 years
Are your animals currently breeding?: yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: now grown adults
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: 1 WC fail to acclimate. 1 hatchling crushed.
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Failure to adapt to captivity, 1 accident
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: US keepers

 

[froggecko]

Data Collection Lygodactylus

Latin name: Lygodactylus Williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers): 2,0
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: 3 years and 2 years
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Captive
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?:
Is this your first time working with this species?: No
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 4
Are your animals currently breeding?: No female
Do you have any offspring from this species?: No
Please list the amount of offspring you have?:
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: 1 female, several offspring when I first started keeping them due to opening in cage
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Competitive males may have killed female, never found her, missing 6 months now.
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: From a friend who had several CB pairs

 

[Williamsi_Fan]

Country: Canada

Latin name?: Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in in these numbers): 2,3
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Male: 3Y, Male 1Y 9M Female: 3Y, (2) Feamles 1Y 9M
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: 2 WC 3 BC
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: Yes
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 3 Years
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 8
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: Adults 2, Offspring 2
If yes do you know the cause for death?: Offspring, 1 eaten, 1 failed to thrive Adults, 1 ate substrate, 1 I jammed head in cage door
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Local pet store

 

[Tanfish]

Western CANADA

Latin name?: Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers):1.4
Approx Age of the animal(s)?:Male LTC = 2.5 to 3 years, Fem1 CB = 1.5 yr, Fem2 WC = 1.5 yr, Fem3 WC = 1 yr, Fem4 WC = 1 yr
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: 1 CB, 4 WC
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: Not yet
Is this your first time working with this species?: yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 2 yrs
Are your animals currently breeding?: No
Do you have any offspring from this species?: No but recently acquired CB female is 3 weeks gravid
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 0
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: No
If yes do you know the cause for death?: NA
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Male LTC = LPS Edmonton, Alberta, all females acquired through Global Exotics Kitchener, Ontario

 

[Harvey]

Latin name?: Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep?: 0.1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: Unknown. I contacted the breeder but he did not remember.
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Captive Bred
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: No
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 5 months
Are your animals currently breeding?: No
Do you have any offspring from this species?: No
Please list the amount of offspring you have?:
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: No
If yes do you know the cause for death?:
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Scales N' Tails, Wadsworth location.

 

[Frinta]

Latin name?: Lygodactylus picturatus
Amount you keep? 1.1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: 1 year
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Captive bred
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 6 months or so
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: No
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 0
Have you lost any adults or offspring? no
Where did you purchase your animal(s)? Maureen

Latin name?: Lygodactylus kimhowelli
Amount you keep? 0.3
Approx Age of the animal(s)? 1 year
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: Captive bred
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 6 months or so
Are your animals currently breeding?: No
Do you have any offspring from this species?: No
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 0
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: No
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Maureen

Latin name?: Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? 1.3
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: 3-4 years x1 , and 1-2 years x3
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: One females CB, rest are WC
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: No
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 3 Years
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: No
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 0
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: 2 adults, CB male got stuck inside a bamboo, and a female escaped and was never discovered
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Random reptile stock guy, that sold em to me as CB, little did i know

 

[acpart]

US


Latin name?: Lagodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers): 1.1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: M- about 5 years; female 14 months
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: M-unknown; female - CB
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: N/A
Is this your first time working with this species?: yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 1
Are your animals currently breeding?: yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 2
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: 1 adult female died
If yes do you know the cause for death?: unknown; she had been healthy and was suddenly dead one day
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: M- craigslist; F-Leann Christenson of daygecko.com

**I am hoping to compile some information about L. williamsi breeders in the US so as to make unrelated pairs available to interested keepers. Please feel free to PM me.

Aliza

 

[Molly p.]

Country: USA
Latin name?:Lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? 1.1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: adult male, unsure because WC; his daughter is 3yo
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?:WC/CB
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?:no
Is this your first time working with this species?:Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?:4 years
Are your animals currently breeding?:No
Do you have any offspring from this species?:Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 12- sold 9
Have you lost any adults or offspring?:Yes, 3 offspring, 1 adult
If yes do you know the cause for death?:Yes. 1 escaped and killed by cat(adult), 1 juvie euthanized, 2 juvies suddenly stopped eating and died
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?:East Bay Vivarium

 

[Asterocola]

USA
Latin name?: lygodactylus williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers): 1.1
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: 2 or 3 yrs
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: both CB
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?: no
Is this your first time working with this species?: yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: ~3 yrs
Are your animals currently breeding?: yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: one hatchling, multiple eggs
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 1 currently
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: offspring= disappearances, one from MBD unfortunately
If yes do you know the cause for death?: unknown (presumably eaten or escaped and lost) and one from MBD
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Lick Your Eyeballs (M) and LeeAnn Christenson (F)

 

[Primal Rage]

Latin name?:Lygodactylus Williamsi
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X - do not include offspring in these numbers):1.2
Approx Age of the animal(s)?:1.5-2 years
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: CBB
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?:
Is this your first time working with this species?: Yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 1 year
Are your animals currently breeding?: Yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: Yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 12 hatchlings, 7+ eggs
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: No
If yes do you know the cause for death?:
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: Albert Bazaar

 

[Carl1981]

United Kingdom

Latin name?: lygodactylus conraui
Amount you keep? (ie; 1,1 - 1,X -*do not include offspring in these numbers): 1:2
Approx Age of the animal(s)?: 2 years
Are they Captive Bred or Wild Caught Specimens?: captive bred
If wild caught specimens have you replaced any of them?:
Is this your first time working with this species?: yes
How many years have you been keeping this species?: 2 years
Are your animals currently breeding?: yes
Do you have any offspring from this species?: yes
Please list the amount of offspring you have?: 8
Have you lost any adults or offspring?: no
If yes do you know the cause for death?: n/a
Where did you purchase your animal(s)?: private breeder (newcastle)