| Cites status: |
Cites Appendix II, obligation to keep records and to register! |
| Geographical Extension: |
Madagascar (N- and NW-Madagascar, Nosy Be) |
| Habitat: |
tropical rainforests, night-active |
| Size: |
up to 29 cm |
| Life Expectancy: |
over 7 years |
| Reproduction: |
2 hard-shelled eggs, up to 5 clutches per year. Incubation period at 26-28°C between 75-90 days. |
| Temperature: |
air temperature between 24-26°C, locally up to 28-30°C. If possible night-time temperature drop to 20°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" or "Sorry Link missing". "Sorry Link missing" for the creation of local heat spots. |
| Substrate: |
loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). |
| Cage Furniture: |
amongst other things: vertical climbing facilities (in differnt strenghts), 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): |
for one pair: 80 x 80 x 150 cm (LxBxH) |
| food: |
Insects (e.g. cricktets, house crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, super mealworms, wax moths, flies, etc.), freshly born mice. 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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