Can I keep it?
Setup
The numbers
Temperature
One ambient band, 21–26°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet states21-26 °C.
Humidity
The sheet states70-90%.
UVB
Not needed for this species
Stated in the sheet, not inferred.
The sheet statesno specialized lighting required; standard/ambient lighting sufficient
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet states60 x 40 x 40 cm paludarium can house a group of 8 or more; a 10-gallon (~38 L) enclosure suits a smaller group of 3 or fewer
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.
Food
Diet
Daily life
Behaviour and handling
Health
Common health problems
When to see a vet
Not veterinary advice.
The species
Identity
Adult size
True scale, against a 1.75 m person
Logarithmic, the same axis on every sheet
The size the sheet states for a grown animal.
Why
Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.
Reproduction
Good to know
- Also called the 'chameleon crab': colour brightens with good diet and light.
- Also called the 'chameleon crab' — colour brightens with good diet and light.
The way of life is written in this sheet, word for word. The climate words summarise the two figures above them, they do not add to them.
National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.
Questions & sources
https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/metasesarma-aubryi
Others in this group
What this sheet states
This sheet states 6 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 420 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.