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CARE ATLAS / 06

Leopard
gecko.

Shelter, warmth, feeding and shedding. A life-stage guide to keeping this watchful gecko well.

Explore the leopard gecko guide
Photograph of a juvenile leopard gecko on a light rocky surface
Eublepharis maculariusPHOTO: Christian von Faber-Castell · CC BY 4.0 · resized

A field journal for reptile keepers.
Detailed husbandry, readable genetics and welfare evidence, written for the UK.

Explore fourteen care guides Plan an incubation Calculate a pairing Check morph welfare
01 / THE CARE ATLAS

Begin with the species.

Each guide covers the daily routine, hatchlings, juveniles, adults and reproductive care. Published recommendations are linked and disagreements are marked.

01 / CARE ATLAS

Lizards

Geckos

01African fat-tailed geckoHemitheconyx caudicinctusRead guide 02Crested geckoCorrelophus ciliatusRead guide 03Dune geckosStenodactylus petrii / S. sthenodactylusRead guide 04Frog-eyed geckoTeratoscincus scincusRead guide 05Gargoyle geckoRhacodactylus auriculatusRead guide 06Leopard geckoEublepharis maculariusRead guide 07Pictus geckoParoedura pictaRead guide

Agamids

08Bearded dragonPogona vitticepsRead guide 09UromastyxUromastyx spp.Read guide

Chameleons

10Panther chameleonFurcifer pardalisRead guide 11Veiled chameleonChamaeleo calyptratusRead guide
02 / CARE ATLAS

Snakes

Colubrids

12Corn snakePantherophis guttatusRead guide 13MilksnakesLampropeltis spp.Read guide

Pythons

14Royal pythonPython regiusRead guide
Incubation: from lay site to first shedHow to measure heat and UV exposure
02 / INHERITANCE

What could this pairing produce?

Choose a species and enter what is known about each parent. The calculator models 51 curated loci across seven species, including three allele groups and uncertain carriers. Its probabilities depend on the entered parentage and do not turn an uncertain lineage into a proven genotype.

Calculate a pairingLearn the genetics terms
ONE RECESSIVE LOCUSHET × HET
25%two usual copies
50%carrier
25%visual recessive

Among nonvisual young, the carrier chance is 2 in 3. The next clutch need not match the ratio.

Worked example only. Real outcomes depend on the trait, parentage and viability.
Photograph of a natural-coloured royal python on bark
Royal python Python regius · Photograph: Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 2.0 · resized and converted to WebP
03 / MORPH WELFARE

A colour is never worth an animal’s health.

Some inherited traits carry neurological, structural or skin problems. Others are dangerous only in particular two-copy or allelic combinations. The register explains the evidence and distinguishes REPTA member rules and IHS show restrictions from UK law.

Read the morph welfare register
HOW THE GUIDES ARE WRITTEN

Check the animal.
Check the evidence.

Temperatures and UV readings describe an enclosure, but they do not tell the whole story. Watch how the animal uses its space, eats, drinks, sheds and changes with age. Record the measurements, then read the linked husbandry and veterinary sources in context.

Where sources disagree, the guide says so. A care page cannot diagnose an unwell animal, and a genetics percentage is not an endorsement to breed.

Read the source method
OCCASIONAL AVAILABILITY

No animals available now.

Occasionally, I may offer a small number of captive-bred animals from my own collection. Each listing will cover the individual animal’s hatch date, feeding, health, parentage and any uncertainty in its genetics.

There is no regular stock list or checkout. Any animals available will be listed here. You are welcome to email lee@yogecko.co.uk to enquire about availability.

Read the breeding welfare approach