Uroplatus Geckos (Leaftails)

[UrbanJungles]

Just thought I'd put up some pics of some of my Uroplatus...anyone else around here keep 'em?

Uroplatus phantasticus

U. sikorae

U. sikorae

U. henkeli

U. fimbriatus

 

[calum]

Wow, those are some sweet-looking lizards.

 

[equuskat]

Whoa. I want these...

 

[kitty_b]

i have a friend who kept satanics (U. phantasticus). he really loved those little guys.

 

[Philth]

These have always ben my favorite geckos. sikorae being my favorite. The biggest turn off for me with them is the little CB stock available. They seem really difficult to breed. Although I did hatch a couple of sikorea back in the day , the babies didn't do so well. I also got eggs from lineatus several times, but they never hatched. I prob just didnt know what I was doing.

Awesome geckos, I never get tired of pics of these:clap:

Later, Tom

 

[rollinkansas]

I used to keep phantasticus and ebanaui a couple years back...really neat geckos, but too big for me now.

 

[crpy]

I love em all but henkeli is my fav.

 

[stevetastic]

i worked with them all in madagascar and i would seriously sell my mother for some fimbriatus and sikorae!

 

[-Exotic]

I think im gonig to cry...

gorgoues

Cheers,

-Exotic,

 

[olablane]

Awesome

Those are even better looking than my cresties. How big do they get, how hardy are they and does anyone sell them,cuz Im thinkin I need some!!!!!!!!

 

[GailC]

I don't personally have any buy my aunt has satanics and spear points (I think thats what they are called) She had her first satanic babies hatch recently, they are so tiny.
My mom has mossy's and cork barks, her mossy eggs should be hatching soon. I really like the satanics but I'm afraid I would kill them.

 

[UrbanJungles]

Thanks everyone for the good words. Uroplatus are fascinating geckos although I don't recommend them to everyone...they need to constantly be kept very cool and very humid...my setups for these animals are the most specialized I have with automatic misters and fans working around the clock.

I've been lucky enough to breed all of the above (Been working with these guys for over 10 years both at home and work)but I think U. fimbriatus, or the giant leaftail is my favorite.

Breeding pair of fimbriatus

I have a few extra CBB U. phantasticus (Satanics) if anyone has anything really cool for trade PM me!

 

[UrbanJungles]

Those are even better looking than my cresties. How big do they get, how hardy are they and does anyone sell them,cuz Im thinkin I need some!!!!!!!!

This family contains one of the largest geckos in the world (U. fimbriatus) as well as one of the smaller (U. phantasticus, U. ebanaui) so size varies depending on the species but they are by no means hardy! Uroplatus are very delicate and are highly sensitive to warm temperatures and inadequate humidity as well as unnecessary stresses. Not the pet for everyone!

 

[gecko_keeper/KBfauna]

I used to keep them a few yrs back. Never had a favorite, cause they're all pretty cool.

GK

 

[calum]

Satanic's are awesome! spawned from the devil himself lol.

 

[Rydog]

Here's my old girl, unfortunately she passed away recently due to dehydration which totally devasted me. Anyways her beauty still lives on:

 

[Matt K]

I had a trio of U.fimbriatus that were fairly productive, though I had limited success getting the eggs to hatch. I had heard from someone at the Riverbanks zoo that perhaps they needed more UV light exposure than what they got in my care. ??? May have to get back to keeping these one day.... they are very delicate animals but WOW cool...

 

[olablane]

Here's my old girl, unfortunately she passed away recently due to dehydration which totally devasted me. Anyways her beauty still lives on:

That is one awesome lizard.

 

[Rydog]

Thankyou, she had such good camo that I a couple times I had to tear appart the terraruim looking for her. I miss her.

 

[ShellsandScales]

U. sikorae... i hadn't seen these before!!!!! I've seen all the others and U. phantasticus used to be my favorite but now........