Baby Willamsi Gecko

[Styx]

Juvenile L. Williamsi geckos. I think this one is two or three months old now. I apologize for the water spots; this little gecko was posing up front on the leaf so I was trying to get some okay shots at least without startling it away. My sister and I call them “teensies” until they’re about 5+ months old.

 

[KritterKeeper]

Omg that is insanely adorable.. What do you feed these guys? Any full tank shots?

 

[Styx]

This is the tank. That blue splotch on the left is the male watching me take pictures of his house. In the middle at the top, right on the seam of the doors you can see one of the hatchlings on the top of the screen. The corkscrew leaf plant the hatchlings like to sit on is on the left.


The hatchlings love to eat fruit flies the most, and after that gecko diet.

 

[Logie_Bear]

love this species! they are just so tiny and adorable. If its male, how old are they before turning blue ?

 

[Styx]

They start getting in their blue around 5-6 months, but a lot of my females that I have been hatching out have a lot of blue on them also. Nothing like the males when they are fully mature, but enough that as juvies and sub adults I have a really hard time telling the difference in the sexes, color wise. One female has blue sides and legs, and they were blue enough that as a sub adult I was sure she was submissive male. I moved her out in to her own enclosure, then she started laying eggs and I was like, "guess you're not male!" She has green on her back and her blue sides are not the electric blue of the mature males, but more of a turquoise or teal leaning towards blue - which is the same color as juvie and sub adult males.

 

[Logie_Bear]

She sounds beautiful! I hope she makes lots of lovely babies for you and passes down her good looks.

 

[Logie_Bear]

What sorts of other geckos do you keep btw?

 

[Styx]

C. ciliatus, E. agricolae, U. Henkeli, U. Phantasticus, U. Sikorae, L. lugubris, M. chahoua, and the L. Williamsi. And one gargoyle gecko. lol

 

[Logie_Bear]

I love leaf tails! Your lucky to be able to keep them. it gets too hot in my place. someday... im not familiar with lugubris. is it a day gecko?

 

[Styx]

I really enjoy the uroplatus, they're pretty awesome.

Their common name is mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris.

 

[Logie_Bear]

Aaaaa! Ive thought about getting into morning geckos for a long time! Most definitely a species i need to get my hands on!

 

[Styx]

They have really neat behaviors, I really like them. And I especially like that they are vocal.

 

[Logie_Bear]

If you ever have the time i would adore pics of them and to see your mourning gecko set up

 

[Styx]

Yeah, I'll see if I can get any new photos of them.