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CITES II
Phyllodactylidae

Helmethead

Tarentola chazaliaeตุ๊กแกหมวกรบ

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/tarentola-chazaliae

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warm end29–32 °C
cool end24–29 °C
Humidity40–60 %

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
24–29°Cool side
29–32°Warm side

A real gradient, 29–32°C warm against 24–29°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.

Why

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

The sheet stateswarm 29-32 °C / cool 24-29 °C

Humidity

40–60%Target RH

The sheet states40-60%

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesrequires no special lighting

Enclosure
A 10 gallon tank can house two or three adult helmeted geckos
Diet
Dubia roaches or crickets as a staple, with other food items (such as small mealworms or waxworms) occasionally offered as treats

Identity

Family / Order
Phyllodactylidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
warm 29–32 °C / cool 24–29 °C
Humidity
40–60%

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.

Common questions

How big does it get?

Small, around 10 centimetres, with a big blocky head that gives it the helmeted name.

Can I handle it?

Brief handling is tolerated better than with most geckos because it moves slowly, but keep it short.

What does it eat?

Small insects, two or three feeds a week. Feeding costs are very low.

What do I need for it?

A dry setup with rock hides, a shallow sand or gravel base and a modest basking area.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 29-32 °C / cool 24-29 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 29-32 °C / cool 24-29 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 29-32 °C / cool 24-29 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 40-60%
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — requires no special lighting
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « A 10 gallon tank can house two or three adult helmeted geckos »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

joshsfrogs.com — lu le 2026-08-04nwzoo.com — lu le 2026-08-04geckotime.com — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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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.