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Central American Banded Gecko
scientific name: Coleonyx mitratus
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) |
| Habitat: | tropical and subtropical rain-, moist- and dry-forests. Crepuscular and nocturnal. |
| Size: | up to 15,5 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 10 years |
| Reproduction: | lays several times per year 2 soft-shelled eggs, incubation period at 29°C about 70-80 days. |
| Temperature: | between 25-28°C, local heat spots up to 33°C. Night setback to 22-24°C. |
| Humidity: | 70-95% |
| 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, hiding places, flat water bowl. |
| Terrarium Size (for long term care): | 60x40x40 cm (LxWH) for 2-4 animals |
| 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: | Small groups can be tended well together (e.g. 1 male with 2-4 females). |