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| Hemitheconyx caudinctus, African Fat-Tailed Gecko | Hemitheconyx taylori, Taylor's Fat-Tailed Gecko |
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| H. caudicinctus | (African) Fat-Tail(ed) Gecko | West Africa |
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Second in popularity after the Leopard. Care very similar but requires slightly more humidity. More captive-bred specimens are now becoming available. See also Fat-Tailed Geckos.
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| H. taylori | Taylor's Fat-Tail(ed) Gecko | East Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia). |
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This gecko is rarely seen and little is known of its requirements. Click here for the EMBL database entry and links to pictures.
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Lizards of the World, Chris Mattison
Keeping and Breeding Lizards, Chris Mattison
The Leopard Gecko Manual, P. deVosjoli et al, Herpetocultural Library 1998. Covers Fat-Tails and the other eublepharid geckos. The older version is also good but only covers the Leopards and Fat-Tails.
Leopard Geckos: Identification, Care and Breeding, R. Hunziker, TFH 1994. Not as detailed as the above but still quite good and again covers most of the other eublepharids.
Geckos: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual, Bartlett and Bartlett, Barrons 1995.
Geckos: Keeping and Breeding Them in Captivity, Walls and Walls, TFH 1999.
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