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Cuvier's Madagascar Swift
scientific name: Oplurus cuvieri
| Cites status: | not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | west and northwestern Madagascar, as well as western central Madagascar. |
| Habitat: | dry and hot habitats, diurnal |
| Size: | up to 35 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 10 years |
| Reproduction: | several clutches per year with 2-5 eggs each. Incubation period at 29-31°C about 61-71 days. |
| Temperature: | air temperature between 25-28°C, local heat spots up to 40°C. Night setback to 18-23°C. |
| Humidity: | 60-70% |
| 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. Species needs a strong illumination. If necessary the use of HQI lamps or T5 fluorescent tubes is recommended. |
| Substrate: | loamy earth with rock structures or "Sorry Link missing" or grit. Also "Sorry Link missing". |
| Cage Furniture: | small flat water bowl, hiding places, stones, roots, climbing facilities. Also recommended is a nature cork or rock structure background. Cage substrate should always be slightly wet in one spot. |
| food: | Insects (e.g. cricktets, house crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, super mealworms, wax moths, etc.) also products from the "Sorry Link missing" or vegetables (blossoms, sweet fruit mash). 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). O. cuvieri can be easily distinguished from O. cyclurus by its separating band in the caudal vertebrae. |