Can I keep it?
Setup
The numbers
Temperature
The cool side, 22–23°C, dropping to 20–25°C at night. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet statesbasking air 29 °C / shade 25-29 °C / cool corner 22-23 °C / night 20-25 °C. Air must never exceed 30 °C
Humidity
The sheet states60-70% (mist evenings, dry through day)
UVB
The sheet statesOptional low-level beneficial
Part of this is not on the page we cite. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and some of the degrees above are not stated there. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. reptilesmagazine.com
Drag the sun. Gargoyle Gecko is Nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light. The sheet states a night temperature, and the rail follows it.
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 states45 × 45 × 60 cm vertical
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.
- Vertical terrarium 45×45×60
- Branches & foliage
- Coco substrate
- Gecko diet powder
- Feeder insects
- Calcium + D3
- Mister + hygro/thermo
Food
Diet
Daily life
Behaviour and handling
Health
Common health problems
When to see a vet
This is not veterinary advice. If red flags appear, consult a qualified exotic (herp) veterinarian. Quarantine new arrivals 30–90 days.
Red flags
- open-mouth breathing
- months of weight loss
- stargazing
- persistent regurgitation
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.
Morphs
6 morphs, with how each one is inherited.
Reproduction
Life course
Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.
Why
The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.
Good to know
- Named for the bony 'horns' over the head (gargoyle bumps).
- Regrows its tail: unlike the crested gecko.
- A semi-arboreal predator: eats other geckos in the wild.
- Regrows its tail — unlike the crested gecko.
- A semi-arboreal predator — eats other geckos in the wild.
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
Common questions
Like a crested gecko?
Yes but hardier, eats insects, and regrows its tail.
Must I feed insects?
Diet is complete, but they enjoy insects weekly.
Handleable?
Yes: calmer and sturdier with age.
Going deeper
Research dossier: read at the source, not yet cross-checked by our team. Every figure links to the page it was read on.
In the wild
Taxon ecology
Peer reviewed phylogeneticsmapress.com
Natural diet
Specialist synthesis of field datareptifiles.com
Health and welfare
Health biosecurity
Health stop
- persistent diarrhea
- weight loss
- lethargy
- reduced appetite
- retained shed/toe constriction
Light and food: the evidence
Thermal uvb
Diet supplementation
Housing through life
Enclosure geometry
Hatchling lt12g in
Juvenile adult ge12g in
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Others in this group
What this sheet states
Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.
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.