Exotic and Unusual Pets - Mossy Leaf Tail Gecko

Exotic Pets - Mossy Leaf Tail Gecko - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats.

This is a Mossy Leaf Tail Gecko. Leaf Tail Geckos are found only on the island of Madagascar off the coast of Africa. There is a lot of different types of Leaf Tail Geckos. They range in size from several inches to over a foot. Mossy Leaf Tail Gecko usually average around 6-8 inches. They are designed this way as you can see, from the fringes and the flanges around the body and the tail, they are designed to camouflage themselves against tree bark in their native habitat. They are nocturnal and they are insectivores which means they just eat bugs.

Beautiful, beautiful eyes that dilate quite a bit when they are out in the open in the sunlight. To set these up, you need a rainforest habitat. The taller, the better. The more cover, the better. They like to sit on cork bark, and we use plastic plants also, although live plants are very nice too. They need some UV light during the day to help stimulate their environment and then a heat lamp to keep them warm day and night. Usually a nocturnal red light works good at night and then just feed them. You put calcium supplement and multivitamin supplement on their food, which are crickets usually is what we offer and they do very, very well in captivity. They are very delicate and should only be handled when necessary. They do not really like to be held too much, it stresses them out. But all-in-all, if you are looking for something absolutely unusual and absolutely stunning, the Mossy Leaf Tail Gecko is your best bet.

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[GeckoGuy31127]

im actually looking to get some leaf tailed geckos. Sadly, i cannot find many captive born specimens. I would kill to have a Uroplatus phantasticus. but otherwise i would get the mossy as i have read it is readily available like the giant leaf-tailed gecko. i already have al lthe common petsore geckos (2 leopard geckos, 2 crested geckos, 2 african fat-tailed geckos, 2 fire bellied toads and some fish.)

[geobeats]

@GeckoGuy31127 thanks for your comment here!

[iCrestedGecko]

I like them :)

[geobeats]

@iCrestedGecko nice, do you have any?

[geobeats]

Would you keep a gecko as a pet? Tell us in comments!

[xYarvelx]

leaf tailed geckos are my faveourite species of gecko, i would love to breed them :) i will get some one day, and possibley 2 males for my gargoyle gecko, and 2 males for my leopard gecko :)

[101Reptiles]

The east bay vivarium sells captive bred and W/C leaf tail geckos they have Uroplatus phantasticus, Uroplatus henkeli. Uroplatus ebenaui. Most of them are CBB if there W/C it will say wild caught on there website. there phone number is (510) 841-1400 ask for shaun he is the breeder of there Uroplatus.

[ServiceInstaller]

I have a wild caught pair of these. Hoping for many captive born mossies soon. 6 are incubating.

[GeckoGuy31127]

@geobeats you're welcome! do you know of any breeders of the Uroplatus species? i cannot find many other than the imported ones. i would like to invest in leaf-tails.