Geckos

This manual offers expert advice on purchasing geckos, setting up different types of terrariums, feeding, breeding, and health maintenance of these lizards. There is also detailed information on gecko physiology and geckos in their natural environment, plus many color photos and drawings.

Preface

5

(2)

What is a Gecko?

7

(3)

Gecko Families

7

(1)

The Subfamilies

7

(1)

Where Are Geckos Found?

7

(3)

Understanding Geckos

10

(11)

What Does Your Gecko Need?

10

(1)

How Long Will Your Gecko Live?

11

(1)

How Big Are They?

11

(1)

The Gecko's Eyes

12

(2)

The Gecko's Toes

14

(1)

What's in a Tail?

15

(1)

Voice, Hearing, and Smelling

16

(1)

The Gecko Tongue

17

(1)

The Skin and Scales of Geckos

17

(1)

The Endolymphatic (``Chalk'') Sacs

18

(1)

Gecko Behavior

18

(3)

Housing, Care, and Management

21

(11)

Basic Caging

21

(1)

Using an Aquarium/Terrarium

22

(1)

Desert Terrarium

23

(1)

Savanna Terrarium

24

(1)

Woodland and Forest Terrariums

24

(2)

How-To: Watering Techniques

26

(2)

Choosing Cage Furnishings

28

(1)

Terrarium Cleanliness

29

(1)

How-To: Lighting and Heating

30

(2)

Your Gecko's Health

32

(4)

Choosing a Healthy Gecko

32

(1)

Skin Shedding

33

(1)

Safe Handling

33

(1)

Quarantine

34

(1)

Parasites

34

(2)

Diets

36

(5)

Getting Started

36

(1)

Insects

36

(4)

Fruit-honey Diet

40

(1)

Breeding Geckos

41

(5)

Cycling

41

(1)

Feeding

41

(1)

Breeding

42

(1)

Reproduction

42

(2)

How-To: Incubation

44

(2)

Geckos of the United States

46

(19)

Two Families

46

(2)

Eastern Geckos

48

(9)

Western Geckos

57

(4)

Captive Care and Breeding

61

(4)

Geckos of Europe

65

(3)

Native European Geckos

65

(2)

Captive Care and Breeding

67

(1)

Leaf-tailed and Flying Geckos

68

(6)

Australian Leaf-tails

68

(1)

Madagascar Leaf-tails

69

(2)

Captive Care and Breeding

71

(2)

Flying Geckos

73

(1)

Popular Terrestrial Geckos

74

(12)

The Leopard and Fat-tailed Geckos

74

(4)

Other Terrestrial Geckos

78

(8)

Day Geckos: The Genus Phelsuma

86

(13)

Small Species

86

(4)

Medium-sized Species

90

(3)

Large Species

93

(1)

Captive Care and Breeding

94

(5)

Photographing Geckos

99

(2)

Basic Equipment

99

(1)

Some Photographic Hints

100

(1)

Useful Addresses and Literature

101

(1)

Glossary

102

(1)

Index

103

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