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CITES II
Gekkonidae

Gold Dust Day

Phelsuma laticaudaตุ๊กแกกลางวันผงทอง

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

Photograph: cello caruso-turiello · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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warm end32 °C
cool end28–32 °C
Humidity40–70 %
Enclosure30×30×45
Diet4 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
28–32°Cool side
32°Warm side
21–25°Night

Day: a real gradient, 32°C warm against 28–32°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 21–25°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 32 °C / cool 28-32 °C / night 21-25 °C

Humidity

40–70%Target RH

The sheet states40-70%

UVB

RequiredUVI 3–4

The sheet statesUVI of 3.0-4.0 in the basking area; 26w Zoo Med Reptisun 5.0 Compact Coil UVB — 2-4″ / 5-10cm; 18″ Zoo Med T8 Reptisun 5.0 — 2-4″ / 5-10cm

Identity

Family / Order
Gekkonidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

30 cm45 cm
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
30 × 30 × 45 cmWidth × depth × height
9dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

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 states12"L x 12"W x 18"H / 30 x 30 x 45 cm (single animal)

Temperature
warm 32 °C / cool 28–32 °C / night 21–25 °C
Humidity
40–70%

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.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

Juvenile
every 1 d
Adult
every 3.5 d
8Meals in 28 days · adult

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. This sheet states a figure for each age, so each age has its row.

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. A young animal's row is drawn only where the sheet gives one: working it out by dividing the adult interval would be inventing a ration.

The sheet statesJuveniles (0-6 months) — insects daily, CGD every other day; Subadults and Adults (>6 months) — insects 2x/week, CGD 1x/week; crickets, red head roaches, grasshoppers/locusts, flightless fruit flies, small hornworms, silkworms

Common questions

Can I handle it?

No. The skin tears very easily and they are lightning fast. This is a look-only gecko.

What does it eat?

Small insects several times a week plus a fruit and nectar mix that they lick eagerly.

Do I need special lighting?

Yes. It is active in daylight and needs UVB and a bright, planted enclosure to look and behave properly.

Can I keep two together?

One male with one female can work in a large planted tank. Two males will fight until one is hurt.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 30 × 45 cmbecause enclosure — 12"L x 12"W x 18"H / 30 x 30 x 45 cm (single animal)
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 32 °C / cool 28-32 °C / night 21-25 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 32 °C / cool 28-32 °C / night 21-25 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 32 °C / cool 28-32 °C / night 21-25 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 32 °C / cool 28-32 °C / night 21-25 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 40-70%
UVB (T8), stated as requiredbecause uvb — UVI of 3.0-4.0 in the basking area; 26w Zoo Med Reptisun 5.0 Compact Coil UVB - 2-4″ / 5-10cm; 18″ Zoo Med T8 Reptisun 5.0 - 2-4″ / 5-10cm

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

Others in this group

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 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.