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Leopard Gecko - Rainwater Albino
Eublepharis macularius
The palest and physically smallest of the albino strains, characterized by extensive pink tones, highly washed-out mottling, and surprisingly dark eyes.
Class:Squamata
Order:Squamata
Family:Eublepharidae
Genus:Eublepharis
Species:Eublepharis macularius*
* Rainwater
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Environment
Terrestrial
Humidity
30 - 40 %
Day temperature
24 - 28 °C
Ambient temperature
25 °C
Night temperature
20 °C
Basking spot
32 °C
Adult size
17 cm
Minimum enclosure
>= 60 L
UVB
Medium
Species description
Geographic Origin and Habitat: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about geographic origin and habitat for Eublepharis macularius. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Taxonomy and Genetics: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about taxonomy and genetics for Eublepharis macularius. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Behaviour and Habits: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about behaviour and habits for Eublepharis macularius. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Morphology and Sexual Dimorphism: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about morphology and sexual dimorphism for Eublepharis macularius. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Care, breeding and tankmates
Terrarium Setup: A low and wide glass enclosure (minimum 80x45x45 cm) is ideal. Use an arid bioactive substrate (soil, sand, and peat mix) or paper towels for quarantine. Crucial components include three hides: one in the warm zone, one in the cool zone, and a humid hide filled with damp sphagnum moss to aid in shedding.
Lighting and Heating: Requires a thermal gradient with a heating pad or deep heat projector (thermostatically controlled) providing a warm side of 30-32°C, while the cool side can drop to 24°C. A night drop down to 20°C is beneficial. Provide a low-intensity UVB light (e.g. 5-7% UVB) to support vitamin D3 and calcium synthesis.
Humidity and Hydration: Maintain low ambient humidity around 30-40%. A shallow dish of fresh water must always be available. Localized high humidity must be provided in the humid hide to prevent retained sheds, which can lead to necrosis and loss of toes.
Feeding and Supplementation: Strictly insectivorous. Feed on crickets, locusts, mealworms, or dubia roaches. Feed juveniles daily and adults every other day. Dust all prey items with pool calcium, and use a Calcium + D3 and multivitamin supplement 1-2 times a week.
Compatibility: Solitary animals. Never house two males together, as they will fight to the death. A male can be housed with two or three females only in very large enclosures, but individual housing is generally the safest and most successful approach.
Health and Common Diseases: Watch the tail: if it becomes very thin ('stick tail'), it indicates malnutrition or a severe parasitic infection (such as Cryptosporidium). Prone to metabolic bone disease (MBD) if fed a calcium-deficient diet. Handle gently to avoid tail drop (autotomy).
Geographic Origin and Distribution
This species originates from: Allevamento Selettivo (Gourmet Rodent).
Origin
Selective breeding and cultivars
Varietà da Selezione / Cultivar
Reptile profile
- Diet
- No verified data available
- Life expectancy
- No verified data available
- Adult size
- 17 cm
- Lifestyle/Microhabitat
- No verified data available
- Activity cycle
- No verified data available
- Sociality
- No verified data available
- Reproduction
- No verified data available
- Handling tolerance
- No verified data available
- Brumation
- No verified data available
- Molting
- No verified data available
The catalog's scalar value is 17 cm. The ReptTraits v1.2 source reports a maximum adult measurement of 17 cm for this species, recorded as snout–vent length (SVL). These figures are not interchangeable: the first is the profile's editorial reference, whereas the second is a published maximum under a specific measurement convention; differences among sources can reflect sex, population, life stage and measuring method.
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