| Cites status: |
Cites Appendix II, obligation to keep records and to register! |
| Geographical Extension: |
Madagascar (North- and East-Madagascar) |
| Habitat: |
tropical rainforests, night-active |
| Size: |
up to 11 cm |
| Life Expectancy: |
over 6 years |
| Reproduction: |
mostly 2 hard-shelled eggs, up to 6 clutches per year. Incubation period at 20-26°C between 75 and 100 days. |
| Temperature: |
air temperature about 22°C, locally up to 25°C. If possible a night-time temperature drop to 15°C. |
| Humidity: |
70-100% |
| Lighting: |
Daylight fluorescent tubes, if necessary UV tubes (see "Sorry Link missing"). For sufficient UV radiation we recommend "Sorry Link missing". |
| Substrate: |
loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). |
| Cage Furniture: |
amongst other things: vertical climbing facilities (in differnt strengths), moreover it is recommended to encase the rear and side panels with cork. Planting is possible (Ficus benjamina, F. pumila, Scindapsus etc.). Various hiding places and a waterbowl - eventually with a waterfall or similar - complete the terrarium configuration. |
| Terrarium Size (for long term care): |
40 x 40 x 60 (LBH) |
| food: |
Insects (e.g. small cricktets, house crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, super mealworms, wax moths, flies etc.) also products from the "Sorry Link missing". Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary. |
| Comment: |
All hiding places have to be controllable at all times. |
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