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15-05-2008, 07:48 PM
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Cyrtopodion scaber
 Name Cyrtopodion scaber or formerly known as Cyrtodactylus scabrum. Or more commonly known as Rough-skinned gecko, Keeled gecko, bent-toed gecko. Description 3-4 inch body(not inc tail) with shades of brown and caramels, spots and stripes, the bent-toed name come from there toes, there are no visible pads on these little guys and have a hooked look to them with a little claw , but they still seem to be able to climb and cling on to most things. They are nocturnal , and laze around most off the day, but soon shoot of if disturbed. Once the light goes out they seem to be everywhere at once very fast and agile. A have I think heard them call and think its my male, not a bark like a tokay more like very quite mouse squeak. Care They seem to be very hardy little species and require nothing out of the ordinary to care for them. I use a spot for lighting and day time temperatures 85f-95f and a heat mat under the setup for night to a drop of 80f, if they are laying change to a nightglow bulb or move heat mat to side of the setup , eggs wont last long in hot sand. Been nocturnal you would believe they didn’t need uv lighting , but with so little information about them, I use one anyway in the day light cycle with the spot , still researching more in to that. As to feeding anything of suitable size , small crickets , mealworms, flies, and the odd wax worm as a treat, all a gut loaded ( green vegetables and cereals) and I dust every third feed. I do provide a small shallow bowl of water and have seen them using it. Shedding is quite funny to watch if you can , you must have a 2-3 layer of sand ,to aid them to shed , when a first saw it , it looked like he was trying to get to Australia , in the middle of the night , sand flying everywhere, with him kicking it over his back, and in the morning bits of shed mixed in with the sand . Housing I keep my 3 in a large exo-terra , of course larger the better , but they are very nervous and skitty, which doesn’t seem to improve in time , so I would recommend keeping in quite end of house/room etc , if not possible I would ,go for a all wood setup with just glass sliding doors, which should make them feel more secure. As for décor I have coral sand for the base , which is a good 2-3 inches, lots of different size rocks and stones , boulders which I have gather and tried to make a stone walling effect , with lots of nooks and crannies , I very plain dry rock appearance. Breeding and sexing Still researching. I came across these in my local pet shop and new straight away they were not what they said they was and after a lot of searching , and with a positive ID off you guys and gals on here I found out what they where, apparently the they come through for sale as house geckos which obviously there not. Which is the main problem there is hardly any information at all about these anywhere, seems more popular in America but still not well known., all I could get was that there care is very similar to Moorish geckos. This is a very basic care sheet, through my own care of mine, I brought this together, if anybody has anything to add , comment on , or even some pictures which would be great, please do so. Hopes this helps all those have some and are looking for information on them. Cheers Aaron
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Male rudis chameleon 2 tokay geckos 3 Cyrtopodion Scaber (6 BABYS) Female classic cornsnake Female cali king snake (rescue) 7 fire bellied toads 3 fire bellied newts 2dogs 2cats 1 conure(parrot) 1 rabbit Lots of japanese koi Tropical fish lots of toad spawn and taddies LOT AND LOTS OF TOADLETS NOW 
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