Awesome Day Geckos! - Hobby Breeders

AWESOME DAY GECKOS!
In this episode of Rainbow Mealworms presents The Reptile Channel Hobby Breeders, we visit Austin Curtiss and his awesome Day Gecko collection! The amazing thing about his collection is that all his day geckos are wild caught…right in Florida as they have become invasive.

The Reptile Channel - HerpersTV is hosted by Dāv Kaufman and features amazing captive breeding facilities, herping adventures around the world, and so much more!

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More about Day Geckos:

Giant Day Geckos (Phelsuma grandis)
This lizard reaches a total length of 30 centimetres (12 in). The body colour is bright green or, rarely, bluish green. A red stripe extends from the nostril to the eye. On the back there are typically red coloured dots or bars. These red markings are quite variable, and in some cases, completely absent, though the line extending from the nostril to the eye is always present. Some specimens may have small blue spots. Adult specimens may have large sacs on their necks. These are stored calcium sacks. Young individuals of the species often exhibit much more red than their parents, but as time passes, many of the markings fade, to leave those that will stay for the remainder of the gecko's life. The underside of these animals is a creamy white ranging to an eggy yellow. When stressed, the colouration darkens, rendering the whole animal a dark green, and the red markings on the face and back more orange in hue.

Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma laticauda)
This lizard belongs to the smaller day geckos, and can reach a total length of about 15–22 cm (6–9 in). The body colour is a bright green or yellowish green or rarely even blue. Typical for this day gecko are the yellow speckles on the neck and the upper back. There are three rust-coloured transverse bars on the snout and head; the upper part of the skin around the eye is blue. On the lower back there are three tapering red bars. The tail is slightly flattened. The under side is off-white.

Standing’s Day Gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
Standing’s Day Gecko is among the largest species of day geckos. It can reach a maximum total length (including tail) of 28 centimeters (11 in). The body color can be quite variable, depending on light intensity. It can be brownish grey or bright green or turquoise with grey to blue reticulated markings on its body and head. The head and tail are often turquoise. Hatchlings have a yellowish green head and typical light bands and bars on their backs.

Music by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

[davkaufmansreptileadventures]

Check out Dāv's other channel and see more from Florida and Iguanafest! www.youtube.com/davkaufman

[Gottalovecarpetpythons]

They maybe invasive, but they truly are beautiful. I hope he continues his work with these guys and see these become popular to keep in captivity and less out their in the wild. Think a few more people need to get on board to really impact on the wild population. Interesting project.

[rickvanderloos]

Day geckos are amazing indeed and I am sure my wife will love 'm too. (Like she has fallen in love with Bob my Spotted Python too) so I think I got that purchase covered!😁

[christinahaan]

Mijn kleinzoon heeft ook Baardagamen het zijn prachtige en hele lieve diertjes!

[Wolfprincess]

It's a great thing what he's doing. Living in Florida for 2 years I realize how big the reptile invasive population really is. The locals too I see don't appreciate reptile keeper. Like its our fault for the mistakes of a few.

[minxiimayhem]

I'm currently the proud momma of a female phelsuma laticauda and 2 eggs. I've never bred reptiles but she was given to me with 2 eggs... o wasn't sure if I was doing things right for the eggs until I saw them moving in the eggs today! I'm so excited!!

[jimmyheidt]

Simply amazing, still find it interesting that these adorable insect-eaters could cause any trouble to the environment.

[TheRoyalConstrictor]

I love day geckos! Giant Day Geckos were the first species of any reptile that I bred in captivity way back in '92!

[crystalm]

They’re beautiful! Perfect colours that I’d look for.

[theodoretibbitts]

Its awesome he is working with wild caught invasives, great way to bring in genetic diversity and new morphs without impacting the actual wild populations.

[deaddrop]

HA- I called it! finally heard it from a professional that giant day geckos can be touched. everyone keeps complaining about if you touch them in any way, their skin will fall off...

[LanceKirkman]

Awesome, those are amazing geckos!
I've shared with my friends who LOVE these guys

[patrickmcleod]

That's a great thing. Making money by actually helping your environment(instead of just going out and removing endangered native species, which is undoubtedly how the original day geckos got here from Madagascar). They look really good too!

[karlh]

how tall does the enclosure have to be as ive seen some for sale ive kept snakes bearded dragons legless lizards but never a day gecko look amazing

[xxavier]

They’re very pretty I have a giant day gecko in my room who is pretty buce

[RadReptile]

Dude your blowing me away here with your Florida trip!! God I need to move to Florida.

[deniseemond]

They are very pretty. Would you consider selling any?

[predatorsprey]

The guy who has them not bav can piss off

[carolynwittman]

You should do an episode about the frilled lizard

[orbit_gum]

I don't know what about these guys make them some of my favorites