Residual banana: description, content in captivity

Geckos are a family of small lizards. In most cases, they have amphical vertebrae. This family lacks temporal arches and parietal foramen. Geckoes have many polygonal shields on their heads, big eyes, tongue with a slot. Basically, these creatures are nocturnal. Advantageously, geckos are oviparous. But there are viviparous species - Naultinus, Hoplodactylus and Rhacodactylus.

Banana ciliate

This is a bright and quite interesting representative of the gecko family. Inhabits a ciliate banana in forests with high humidity - the tropics. The way of life is mostly woody. On the ground it descends very rarely. This species was considered extinct for a long time, until it was found again in 1994 in the territory of New Caledonia. Now the ciliate gecko-banana is quite often found in the collections of some terrariumists. The adult in length can reach 22 cm. On the average, however, the size of this representative is tenacious 16-18 cm.

The banana has an elongated trunk that smoothly passes into the tail. By the way, he disappears from the gecko. But the absence of a tail does not affect the future life of a banana. The elongated head is triangular in shape, a tongue with a slit, large eyes, devoid of age ... There are small outgrowths around the eyes that look like eyelashes. Because of this external peculiarity, the creature received the name "ciliated banana". The second factor that caused such an interesting name, so to speak, is culinary. Yes, this type of geckos is eaten by bananas. This, you can say, is his favorite food. In addition, eating various insects is preferable to crickets. And also will not give up any fruit that is not citrus.

Coloring

There are different colors for these lizards: orange, yellow-brown, tiger, almost all the range of green - from light to dark, there are individuals with dark spots and without, and many other variations.

The temperature of the banana body depends on the temperature of the environment. The sex of an individual is determined by the presence of a peculiar genital bag in males.

A resilient banana. Reproduction

Sexual maturity is reached by an average of 2 years. Mating occurs mainly in March. Pregnancy of the female lasts 32-45 days, after which it lays 2 eggs. The elderly ciliate bananas lay only one egg. Then follows the incubation period, which lasts an average of 65 days.

A resilient banana. Content

The resiliated gecko-bananoid perfectly tolerates and "home" life. They were once established mainly in European countries. At the moment, these exotic creatures migrated to Russia. This lizard is rather unpretentious. Therefore, it is suitable even for beginners. Bananods look great in the terrarium, equipped with all necessary elements of nature - wooden snags, rocks, moss, foliage.

For banana-babies, the ideal option will be a plastic terrarium with a minimum volume of 45 liters. An already grown individual needs more housing. Suitable terrarium of 80 liters. If you buy a young pair of lizards, then initially they need a terrarium of at least 80 liters in volume. You can keep one male and several females at the same time. Two "guys" are never put together, as they fight.

Temperature regime and humidity

As mentioned above, the temperature of the gecko's body depends on the temperature around it. Therefore, it is very important to ensure the correct temperature regime in the terrarium in order to create comfortable conditions for the lizard. It is necessary to have a thermometer or even two to place them on different sides of the tank. The ideal day temperature is + 25 ° C. At night, it is not permissible for it to fall below + 20 ° C. To create the necessary environment, special lamps for heating terrariums are ideal. Other types of heaters are not entirely suitable. Animals live mainly at altitude, and the heater, located on the bottom of the terrarium, does not warm them. Place the lamp in one corner so that the temperature in another corner is slightly lower. In this case, the ciliate banana, the photo of which is presented in the article, can choose a comfortable place for itself. The light day is 12 hours. At night, the lighting is turned off. You can install and ultraviolet lamp. But if you give vitamin D3 to bananoid food, then you can do without it.

As a substrate, mats made of special material or plain paper are used. This framework is quite practical. If you want to plant any plants it is enough to allocate a place for the land, which is desirable to mix with coconut shavings.

In nature, the ciliated banana lives on trees. Therefore, it is necessary to create similar conditions in the terrarium - to supply the "dwelling" of lizards with all kinds of branches, driftwood and stones. In this case, do not forget that there should be enough free space.

Of great importance is the water and humidity for the ciliated gecko-banana. The terrarium must always have fresh water. Humidity should be maintained at 60-70%. If the air is dry, the terrarium must be sprayed with water from the spray gun or an irrigation system can be installed. How to determine the level of this indicator? It is checked with the help of a special device - a hygrometer, which can always be purchased at pet stores.

The gecko is in the house. We are getting acquainted!

The newly acquired ciliated bananas do not need to be disturbed for the first 2-3 weeks. This time they need to get used to and adjust the diet. Begin to keep the lizard in your arms for 2-3 minutes. The resilient banana should get used to your smell. Kids are very fragile and vulnerable. Therefore, you need to be more careful. Mindfulness does not hurt and in more mature age. In the wild, geckos fall off their tails, and individuals continue to live with stumps. At home, you need to be treated with care. After all, it is much more pleasant to watch a lizard with a full tail after all.

The bite of the ciliate banana is painless and not dangerous. So do not be afraid if the pet bit you, for example, a finger.

Food should be balanced: insects, fruits and a variety of foods with complexes of vitamins and minerals.