Practical care guidance from 402 Exotics. Choose your species for housing, feeding, lighting, hydration, and settling your animal into its new home.
These guides explain our methods. Other approaches can work when they meet the animal’s needs.
New Caledonian geckos · Lizards & skinks · Additional resources
New Caledonian geckos
Crested Gecko
Correlophus ciliatus
Enclosure setup, complete diets, hydration, settling in, and everyday care.
Gargoyle Gecko
Rhacodactylus auriculatus
Furnished habitats, feeding, individual juvenile care, and monitoring pairs.
Chahoua Gecko
Mniarogekko chahoua
Substantial climbing structure, prepared diets, regular insect meals, and acclimation.
Leachianus Gecko
Rhacodactylus leachianus
Housing for individuals and pairs, sturdy furnishings, feeding, and handling.
Eurydactylodes
E. agricolae & E. vieillardi
Small-scale habitats, fine climbing branches, tiny food portions, and hydration.
Lizards, skinks & monitors
Conehead Lizard
Laemanctus serratus
Arboreal housing, lighting, hydration, feeding, and breeding notes.
Green Keel-Bellied Lizard
Gastropholis prasina
Planted enclosures, hydration, feeding, and raising young.
Additional resources
Panther Chameleon
Furcifer pardalis
Breeding and rearing notes, nursery setups, and photographs from our chameleon program.
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