Glad to see some pictures of this species in a zoo. It seems very unusual to me that this species is so rarely kept in private or public collections especially since it is critically endangered and multitudes came in mid 2000s.
@Pacarana, in Europe this species in booming both in zoos (allthough still "only" 17 holdings) and private collections, although most start with wild-caught animals, which explains the critically endangered status...
@Pacarana, in Europe this species in booming both in zoos (allthough still "only" 17 holdings) and private collections, although most start with wild-caught animals, which explains the critically endangered status...
Very true, especially since Germany has got it covered when it comes to reptiles. I was originally nodding towards the US for its absence. I wouldn't say its completely gone from America… Just the people that still own it would like to keep it quite. Do you know if there are any more imports in Euro? I'll see some here in the states from time to time. It seems they come in looking worse as years go by.
Very glad to hear that the gecko is going strong in Europe. Do you know if there is an SSP for the species?
A friend of mine keeps them and from what I understand most animals you can buy in shops are still wild-caught, thus destroying the palms they live in. So there is now a pretty strong lobby to start breeding them in private hand, which is highly needed. But I believe they are not too difficult to breed if you have a pair, but females are more rare than males, probably because the males are more fancy colored.
A friend of mine keeps them and from what I understand most animals you can buy in shops are still wild-caught, thus destroying the palms they live in. So there is now a pretty strong lobby to start breeding them in private hand, which is highly needed. But I believe they are not too difficult to breed if you have a pair, but females are more rare than males, probably because the males are more fancy colored.
Sad to hear Europe is still importing like the US. Unfortunately the ones that come into the US soon disappear and nothing is heard of them again. Very rarely are there any documented cases or proof that America has a growing cb population. They do breed like rabbits. Mine did at least, but because of this many females would die quickly without the proper re-cooping process. I know that most people leave the eggs to hatch in the viv and usually those temps produce male offspring.
