| Cites status: |
not protected |
| Geographical Extension: |
Complete North Africa from Morocco and Mauritania to the west to Egypt and Sudan in the east. There, the species is even found even down to northern Kenya. In the Middle East, for example in Syria and Saudi Arabia at home. |
| Habitat: |
dry savanna, desert areas, nocturnal |
| Size: |
circa 10 cm, female a bit taller |
| Life Expectancy: |
4-5 years |
| Reproduction: |
1-2 eggs, incubation at 30°C for 6 weeks, humiditiy 60-80% |
| Temperature: |
25-30°C, local up to 40°C |
| Humidity: |
during the day 30-40%, at night even up to 80% |
| Lighting: |
Daylight Fluorescent Tubes e.g. Daylight Sun T5 in combination with Light Strip and a Spot Lamps |
| Substrate: |
Desert Sand or Desert Bedding, or loamy sand like Desert Bedding because they like to dig burrows. |
| Cage Furniture: |
hiding places built of stones and flat Water Dishes |
| Terrarium Size (for long term care): |
For a pair at least 20x15x10 cm. For each additional animal add 15%. |
| food: |
small crickets, newly hatched flies, mealworms, small cockroachs |
| Comment: |
Very small gecko which characterize a stub snout and large eyes. |
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