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Malayan Forest Gecko
scientific name: Cyrtodactylus pulchellus
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | Burma, Thailand, West-Malaysia, Singapore |
| Habitat: | tropical forests up to 1340 m above sea level, crepuscular and nocturnal |
| Size: | approx. 26 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | probably more than 5 years |
| Reproduction: | lays several times per year 2 hard-shelled eggs. Incubation period at 24°C about 140 days. |
| Temperature: | ground temperature between 24-26°C. Night setback to 20-22°C. |
| Humidity: | 70-90% |
| Lighting: | Daylight fluorescent tubes, e.g. "Sorry Link missing" or "Sorry Link missing" |
| Substrate: | loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). |
| Cage Furniture: | climbing facilities not essential, various hiding places and a flat water bowl make up the basic configuration of the terrarium. |
| food: | Insects (e.g. cricktets, house crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, super mealworms, wax moths, etc.) also products from the "Sorry Link missing". Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary. |
| Comment: | the species is a ground dweller! |