Can I keep it?
Setup
The numbers
Thermal gradient
Day: a real gradient, 28–29°C warm against 22–24°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 18–22°C.
Why
Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet stateswarm 28-29 °C / cool 22-24 °C / night 18-22 °C
Humidity
The sheet statesaverage humidity of 60-80%
UVB
The sheet statesone Zoo Med T8 ReptiSun 5.0 in a reflective T8 fixture or an Arcadia ShadeDweller Arboreal UVB kit, UVI of 1.0-2.0 in the basking area
Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. reptifiles.com
Drag the sun. Chahoua 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 states24"L x 24"W x 36"H / 60 x 60 x 90 cm (single animal)
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
Feeding rhythm
Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.
Why
The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.
The sheet statescrested gecko diet; Best feeder insects for chahoua geckos: crickets, dubia roaches, discoid roaches, red head roaches, grasshoppers/locusts; Juveniles (0-12 months): CGD daily, insects every other day; Adults (>12 months): CGD every other day, insects every other day
Daily life
Behaviour and handling
Health
When to see a vet
New Caledonian: cool, humid, no hot basking, long-lived. CGD-based diet. Captive-bred lines.
The species
Identity
Morphs
3 morphs, with how each one is inherited.
Reproduction
Good to know
- Unlike most geckos it rarely drops its prehensile tail, and camouflages as mossy bark.
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
Can I handle it?
Gently and briefly. They are calmer than leachianus but will still bite if pushed too far.
What does it eat?
Prepared crested gecko diet plus insects a couple of times a week. Feeding cost is low.
How long does it live?
Around 15 to 20 years, so it is a genuinely long-term pet.
Can I keep two together?
A settled pair sometimes works in a large enclosure, but two males will fight. Never mix males.
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
Wild ecology
Taxonomy provenance
Peer reviewed revisionmapress.com
Natural diet
Specialist synthesis with primary gapreptifiles.com
Light and food: the evidence
Thermal humidity
Diet supplementation
Housing through life
Cohabitation
https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/mniarogekko-chahoua
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.