#chahoua

[neechiegeckos]

Cornelius♂️ and Cynthia♀️

New Caledonian Mossy Geckos (Mniarogekko chahoua)

(Mainland x mainland)

If I can get some of Cynthia's beautiful cotton candy pink splotches on Cornelius' burgundy, I can die a happy breeder! Chahouas are massively underrated geckos, and these two are some of my favourite geckos to spend time with.

[dadofyourlocalzoo]

halloween photoshoot from last year (2022)! I can't wait to do another one(:

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

He is here to talk to you about your car’s extended warranty

[effiesketch]

Commission for @svetlania of my own geckos Tiki and Coco 🥲

[fridgefanatic]

Full cover for my senior thesis comic Rhaco: Geckos of New Caledonia

A children’s edufantasy starring three young geckos learning their place within their community, the ecosystem New Caledonia— and protecting musical ghosts from a mysterious threat through lessons in Song magic!

The main characters are Ves the crested gecko, his best friend Bram the chahoua, and his little half-brother Srax (also crested gecko). In this first installment, we learn about the musical ghost shepherds.

[limeghosty]

Happy Valentine's Day from my geckos to you! <3

[infodumpingaboutnature]

I’m currently visiting my bf in Florida for two weeks while we’re both on winter break and he’s just as crazy about animals as I am so here’s all of his pets.

1. The fish tanks

He has two fish tanks: a larger personal tank that he keeps at home and contains neon tetras, panda corydoras (that I couldn’t find because they like to hide in the plants), cherry shrimp, and ghost shrimp. Then there’s his smaller tank that he usually keeps at his dorm which also has some shrimp, some limpets, and bladder snails, but also has some rummy-nosed tetras and three African dwarf frogs named Fufu, Fumbwa, and Frank Sinatra. However, since that tank doesn’t have a lid and he didn’t want the cats messing with the fish and frogs he moved them to his larger tank over for over break.

2. Ganüsh the White’s tree frog

He usually likes to hide so it’s hard to get pics of him.

3. Bocaj the Chahoua gecko

His name is literally my name backwards because when he was a baby he hated me and would always bite me and no one else but now we’re friends and he lets me hold him sometimes.

4. Keshet the Brazilian rainbow boa

She’s absolutely stunning and I wish I could get a full body shot but this was taken right before she was fed and now that she’s eaten I don’t want to disturb her while she’s digesting. She’s still a baby but she’s grown a lot since he first got her. She also has a hidden Mickey on her but I don’t think you can see it in this pic.

Those are all of his pets though his parents also have two dogs and two cats. The cats are named Winter and Priscilla and I love them despite being allergic to them. The dogs are both white golden retrievers named Willow and Aspen. Willow is a gremlin and she scratched my foot but Aspen is a nice old man so we’re chill.

[lupinedreaming]

A new friend is here 🥰

[pubbykid]

gift of silly

[heyyitsjayy]

Pistachio is finally settling in enough that he hung out with me while I made some enclosure adjustments. Phones are Very Scary, but he was brave enough to let me snap this pic!

[neechiegeckos]

All my 2025.... assorted pairings lol

Weird/uncommon geckos are my favourite ♡

[herpsandbirds]

Mossy New Caldeonian Gecko (Mniarogekko chahoua), "Pine ISland Form", LICKY LICK!!!, family Diplodactylidae, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Cowajunga

[theloganator101]

Hi, Can I vent a little about spinnrr to you?

The fact that horikoshi fumbled spinner so badly shpuld be considered a war crime against the entire gekkotan infraorder.

look at this shit, hori wasn't even trying to make spinner look like a gecko. He looks more like kermit the frog with nail extensions, fake dentures, a troll wig, and a ninja getup. I just don't get it. Giving him a more lizard-like and animalistic design would've really helped and showing how heteromorphs are treated differently than others.

Bottom line is, if your character is based on a parituclar animal, and nobody in-universe or out can tell what he's supposed to be until you basically announce his quirk, you're doing something wrong.

What's worse is hlw the only ability is wall crawling.

Are you shitting me?!

Okay, here some abilities geckos have

fish scale geckos can shed their skin to escape predators

Golden tailed geckos can shoot sticky fluid from their tail

Parachute geckos can glide up to 60 meters

Web-footed geckos can clear nearly 120 body lenghs in a single second (the human equivalent would be 480 mph)

House geckos can run on water

Cat geckos have retractable claws (hence the name)

Leopard geckos can regrow even brain matter

Chahoua geckos have prehensile tails

Tokay geckos can bark at 65 decibels (imagine how how loud a man-sized gecko would be?)

All geckos have night vision and a six sense that lets them detect fein vibrations in the air, so it's essentially a reptilian spidey-sense.

Geckos also have hydrophobic skin, which would make spinner impervious to water attacks (and keep him squeaky clean without having tk shower or bathe, as it keep grime and flith off)

There's also their tongues, which are long, and sometimes forked.

Geckos also are acrobatic, and almost always land on their feet.

Lastly, thejr setae lets them grip anything on the atomic level, and give them the strength to support nearly 400 times thsir body weight (which would mean spinner could bench around 30 tons)

All of these abilities, and hori didn't even bother with them, shame on you hori, shame on you.

And his character isn't much better.

He jumps from a stain fanboy, to a heteromorph militia, to a shigaraki meatrider who's whole character trait is that he's a loser.

I would've made him a vigilante that protects heteromorphs from unjust violence if I made him, and also use his gecko physiology to further his character.

Imagine thjs, spinner is at and art museum and is looking at a painting, the people around him see the colors one way, but because geckos can see colors we can't he sees the painting differently, showing how isolated and different he feels from everyone else.

Whew, long ask, but I wanna hear yojr thoughts on this if that's alright with you.

Yeah that sounds pretty on par with Hori's work.

He would give a character a unique ability but doesn't do any thorough research on it beyond using surface level knowledge, which in this case is geckos climbing on walls.

Him being a vigilante would've been WAY more interesting for his character rather than making him another villain, and I could totally see him bonding with Izuku over how society seems to treat them differently over something that wasn't in their control.

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

Happy chahoua chinflaps Sunday from Matcha

(he doesn’t understand the days of the week)

[eurydactylodes]

What makes Eurydactylodes care different from other New Caledonian geckos?

[This is the start of my writings on Eury care. This will be edited and updated as necessary, and should be treated as a reference, but not as a comprehensive care guide. For Eury care, this site by JeckosGeckos ended up being very helpful. This guide will be helpful if you already have knowledge on the husbandry of other New Caledonian gecko species, such as the Crested Gecko, Gargoyle Gecko, Leachianus Gecko, and Chahoua Gecko.]

1. SIZE! The most obvious difference between Eurys and the other New Caledonian geckos is their size! Eurys stay very small, with adult females at their largest getting to ~7 inches nose-tail (this can also depend on subspecies). This means that they’ll get a much smaller tank. Right now I am using a 5.5 gallon converted aquarium, but I plan on upgrading mine to a 10 gallon vertical tank (12x12x18) once he’s grown a little bit. Care guides recommend 5-10 gallons per individual (cohabitation can happen with these guys, but I’ll get to that later).

No matter how much you give them, these guys WILL use the space, because they also tend to be more active than other NewCal geckos! I was very surprised to see how often my Eury moved around his tank compared to my crested gecko. Like with most reptiles though, babies/juveniles will benefit from a smaller space, as they’ll feel like they have more safety in cover and ease finding food.

2: Small tanks and temperature! Like I mentioned before, my Eury is currently in a 5.5 gallon converted aquarium. I learned on the first day of keeping my Eury that a small tank like this will heat up quickly and it’ll retain that heat.

I originally set up my tank with a rainforest-specific UVB bulb that put off a bit of heat (I was originally using it to create a lower-temp basking spot for my crested gecko). Within the day, this bulb heated my tank up to 80°, which i consider to be the heat limit for my tanks. I removed this bulb and replaced it with a 5.0 UVB bulb that does NOT give off heat, and the tank went back to a room temperature. I highly recommend using a UVB light that does not give off heat, and to still keep adequate coverage so that your gecko can use the shade.

3. Water and Humidity! Many people report seeing their Eurys drinking standing water, so many recommend keeping a water dish available to them at all times. (In addition, I recommend this for all reptiles. People say that crested geckos will just drink the droplets off their leaves, but I’ve seen mine drink standing water). I also have a small humid hide available to him, and I keep moss spread throughout his tank to retain humidity.

4: Food! Eurys can also eat CGD (I personally use Pangea), along with SMALL insects. Please make sure that the insect is smaller than the width of your gecko’s head, otherwise it may present a choking hazard. When feeding CGD, I’ve been spreading a small amount of it on the bottom of a food cup so that I can see the tiniest lick marks. Eurys are ridiculously small, so it’s hard to tell if theyre eating at all. If you see droppings around the tank, then theyre eating just fine. Many geckos are shy about eating during the day/in front of people, so you may not see them eat.

5: Natural Habitat (and tank decoration)! In the wild, Eurys usually will take refuge in shrubbery or low plants. Their habitats should be a little more cluttered with smaller sticks and stems to climb around on. I keep a live Pothos in my Eury tank, and he likes to climb around on the stems. Spider wood pieces will also work great for these guys.

6: Keeping Bioactive + Isopod choice! A Eury tank is a great place to start out with small scale bioactive setup. For a good bioactive, you need to make a quality substrate with a drainage layer, filter, soil and/or coco fiber substrate, and a cleanup crew involving isopods and springtails to cycle the soil and prevent mold growth. Isopods can also double as a calcium rich food source for your gecko, so make sure to replenish the isopod population when needed. With isopods, I recommend using Dwarf Whites to burrow in the soil, these guys stay hidden so theyre less likely to be eaten, and they also reproduce asexually so they’ll be in your tank forever. For a surface crawling isopod, make sure to get something that will mainly feed on substrate and plant matter and NOT protein. Protein motivated isopods (such as P. Laevis Dairy Cows), can actually go after your gecko if enough of them are able to team up on it. A full grown group of isopods can actually be a predatory risk for your gecko, so make sure to research which isopod species will work well with your gecko.

7: Risks! Eurys are incredibly small, so I would say that the average risks involved in owning geckos will be a bit more severe for these guys. Firstly, they are TINY, so any rough handling can severely injure or even kill them. Please only let them be handled by people who you trust to be careful with a very small reptile. Handle them near their tank or above a surface that they can land on just in case they jump. Luckily they are not as quick as other microgeckos, but keep an eye on them and try not to leave them on their own, since they will be VERY hard to find if they escape. They can be tolerant to handling, but try to get them used to your presence and handle them in short sessions that gradually build. You want the gecko to feel safe around you and not to be stressed out from constant touching.

Next, there can be a risk of respiratory infection. Although they need high spikes in humidity, try to leave parts of the tank dry and parts of the tank humid so the gecko can self regulate its humidity. If the tank is too constantly humid, the gecko can be exposed to respiratory infection. Also, I hope this goes without saying, but don’t vape or smoke in the room housing the gecko. Their lungs are incredibly small and will probably be more vulnerable to damage. Go outside, to another room, or out of a window.

As with leopard geckos, there can also be risks involving stuck shed. If shed gets stuck around a toe, it can actually cut off circulation to the toe and make it fall off. This is especially challenging with Eurys because it would be very difficult to safely assist with the shedding. Cork bark has been reported to really help reptiles with shedding, so it’s a good idea to make this available to your gecko.

8: Price! Eurydactylodes will be much harder to find than other New Caledonian species. I was fortunate enough to get mine from a breeder in a reptile rehoming facebook group, but this does not seem like a common occurrence (I couldn’t find a single other post in the group about this species). I haven’t seen them at my local reptile expo, and I’ve seen them once at my local specialty reptile store. On Morphmarket, they tend to be less available than other gecko species, and run between $200-$400. They’re unfortunately much less accessible to the average reptile owner because of their price and rarity. Luckily, that is where the cost related problems end! With a few items already owned, I set up a bioactive starter tank for about $130, less than half of what I spent on my crested gecko setup. You can find small tanks for dirt cheap at thrift stores, garage sales, facebook marketplace, craigslist, and on sale at pet stores. Then you just need some small sticks, moss, one or two average sized houseplants, and some substrate of your choice. The setup is cheap, small scale, and a great starting place for some fun and creative setups. I’m planning on making my first custom background on my upgraded tank for my Eury, and I’m ridiculously excited about it.

9: Cohabitation and breeding! I saved the best for last, and that is that you can actually cohabitate Eurys! That being said, It’s important to grant ~5 gallons of space to each gecko, and not to house 2 males together. Males will be aggressive and territorial to each other, which will lead to high stress and injury or possible death to one of your geckos. Females are fine to house together. If you house a male and a female, you will probably be at risk for mating, so you should prepare to incubate eggs if needed, and you should make sure that both geckos are sexually mature (1.5+ years old) before housing them together. You should also have a backup plan for what to do with babies, if you want to either care for them, or sell/give them to other keepers.

This being said, I only have a single juvenile Eury right now. I’m researching cohabitation because when he’s old enough, I’d love to house him with a female Eury and breed them. You should look into breeding guides by experienced keepers if you want to do this yourself.

I also think that it’s important to prioritize good animal keeping over breeding for profit. Make sure that the animals all get the space and attention they deserve before pairing them together just to sell babies. Make sure to research your local reptile market to look for demand of these reptiles, or if you choose to sell on an online platform, to do your research in transporting these animals safely.

And there I have it! These were the most significant differences between the keeping of Eurydactylodes and other NewCal geckos that I saw. I am still at the beginning of my journey with my own Eury, so I’ll probably edit and add to this guide when I learn new things. Thank you for reading, and I’d love to hear about other people’s experiences with this species!

[fictionkinfessions]

I had a chahoua gecko in canon, for the pets ask game. Its name was Echo, I never found out its sex, and its parents were named Prosciutto Slice and Hallowed Eightball. Echo wanted to eat my partner's fingers for some unknown reason. I miss Echo. -Nameless member of Delta Command

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