Uroplatus Geckos (Leaftails)
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we have a single male phant, and he is pretty epic. they are cool little geckos for sure.
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Leaftails
I have kept all 6 species of Uroplatus myself and bred hinkeli, sikorae, and phantasticus, got eggs from all 3 species but only sucessfully hatched out hinkeli, 6 or 8 clutches from the pair though, they both just started going downhill after about 9mos in my care, possibly a parisite as the husbandry hadnt changed, could have also been diet I guess, as I was only offering dusted crix (Herptivite twice a week and rep cal every other day) and they may need more variety, I kept humidity @ 50-75% and temps in the mid 70's day and 55-65 night, I used full spectrum lighting 9 hrs a day and allowed alot of room for them to climb and hide, (60 gal glass for the pair of hinkeli) they did great till about 9 mos and once I started noticing a little weight loss it was only about 7-10 days till the female was dead and about a week later the male died as well.
as far as my favs, sikorae all the way, they have the most varied colors and best color changing ability, none of the others even come close, in my experience the larger species are ezier to keep than the spearpoints and satanics, and between when I was keeping my groups of them (about '94) and now they added the Cork Barks to the genus, which to me look more like a type of flying gecko than Uroplatus deffinately my least favorite of the Leaftail species, anyone else notice that they just dont fit, and last I saw they were fetching a higher price than most any other species in the genus, Here are a few pix of my last saposed pair of sikorae, ended up w/ 2 males so I sold them but had them for over a year w/ no probs.
I have never seen anyone consistantly offering C/B stock so I would imagine that many people have the difficulties that the members in this thread have voiced (eggs not hatching, neonates fairing poorly) I have tried a few husbandry stratigies on the genus but have had only moderate success and with a small breeding group running $200-$400+ if a strategy fails you FEEL it more than most other gecko projects, I can state for sure that I will, in time be giving it another go, they are just too cool and despite their breeding difficulties they are still my fav. genus of gecko!! PEACE, B.
2. U sikorae
I have kept all 6 species of Uroplatus myself and bred hinkeli, sikorae, and phantasticus, got eggs from all 3 species but only sucessfully hatched out hinkeli, 6 or 8 clutches from the pair though, they both just started going downhill after about 9mos in my care, possibly a parisite as the husbandry hadnt changed, could have also been diet I guess, as I was only offering dusted crix (Herptivite twice a week and rep cal every other day) and they may need more variety, I kept humidity @ 50-75% and temps in the mid 70's day and 55-65 night, I used full spectrum lighting 9 hrs a day and allowed alot of room for them to climb and hide, (60 gal glass for the pair of hinkeli) they did great till about 9 mos and once I started noticing a little weight loss it was only about 7-10 days till the female was dead and about a week later the male died as well.
as far as my favs, sikorae all the way, they have the most varied colors and best color changing ability, none of the others even come close, in my experience the larger species are ezier to keep than the spearpoints and satanics, and between when I was keeping my groups of them (about '94) and now they added the Cork Barks to the genus, which to me look more like a type of flying gecko than Uroplatus deffinately my least favorite of the Leaftail species, anyone else notice that they just dont fit, and last I saw they were fetching a higher price than most any other species in the genus, Here are a few pix of my last saposed pair of sikorae, ended up w/ 2 males so I sold them but had them for over a year w/ no probs.
I have never seen anyone consistantly offering C/B stock so I would imagine that many people have the difficulties that the members in this thread have voiced (eggs not hatching, neonates fairing poorly) I have tried a few husbandry stratigies on the genus but have had only moderate success and with a small breeding group running $200-$400+ if a strategy fails you FEEL it more than most other gecko projects, I can state for sure that I will, in time be giving it another go, they are just too cool and despite their breeding difficulties they are still my fav. genus of gecko!! PEACE, B.
2. U sikorae
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I had a new baby Uroplatus sikorae hatch tonite...!!!!!
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hard to believe they FIT in those eggs.
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It's like a little clown car, all of a sudden this little lizard comes flying out that couldn't possibly have fit in there!hard to believe they FIT in those eggs.
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I have a pair of the most red phantisticus that have produced for me for about 4 years going now Danny.
Super cool cool loving geckos man.
Super cool cool loving geckos man.