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CITES II
Eublepharidae

Chinese Cave Gecko

Goniurosaurus luii

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. reptifiles.com

Photograph: Richard Fuller · CC0

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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CITES II is a global listing and holds in every country. National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/goniurosaurus-luii

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warm end27–28 °C
cool end22–25 °C
Humidity50–90 %
Enclosure60×45×45
Diet1 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
22–25°Cool side
27–28°Warm side
20–22°Night

Day: a real gradient, 27–28°C warm against 22–25°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 20–22°C.

Why

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

The sheet stateswarm 27-28 °C / cool 22-25 °C / night 20-22 °C

Humidity

50–90%Target RH

The sheet statesbetween 50-90%, being lower during the day and higher at night

UVB

RequiredUVI 1–2

The sheet statesArcadia T5 SO ShadeDweller Max kit at 6-8″ / 15-20cm OR Arcadia T5 SO ShadeDweller kit at 8-12″ / 20-31cm, UVI of 1.0-2.0

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

27–28 °C50–90 % RHUVB tube60 cm45 cm
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
60 × 45 × 45 cmWidth × depth × height
27dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesminimum recommended enclosure size for housing a single animal is 24"L x 18"W x 18"H / 60 x 45 x 45cm

Temperature
warm 27–28 °C / cool 22–25 °C / night 20–22 °C
Humidity
50–90%, lower by day / higher at night

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.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 1 dAs an adult
28Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statescrickets, dubia roaches, discoid roaches, mealworms, hornworms, silkworms, black soldier fly larvae; Juvenile cave geckos should be fed daily, and full-grown adults should be fed every other day

Common questions

Is it hard to keep in Thailand?

The main problem is heat. It comes from cool caves and forest, so it needs a genuinely cool spot in the house.

Can I handle it?

Briefly and rarely. They drop their tails easily and clearly dislike being held.

What does it eat?

Crickets, roaches and other insects with supplement dusting. Simple and inexpensive.

Can I keep two together?

Females can share a large enclosure. Males will fight, so never house two males.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 60 × 45 × 45 cmbecause enclosure — minimum recommended enclosure size for housing a single animal is 24"L x 18"W x 18"H / 60 x 45 x 45cm
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 27-28 °C / cool 22-25 °C / night 20-22 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 27-28 °C / cool 22-25 °C / night 20-22 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 27-28 °C / cool 22-25 °C / night 20-22 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 27-28 °C / cool 22-25 °C / night 20-22 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — between 50-90%, being lower during the day and higher at night
UVB (T5), stated as requiredbecause uvb — Arcadia T5 SO ShadeDweller Max kit at 6-8″ / 15-20cm OR Arcadia T5 SO ShadeDweller kit at 8-12″ / 20-31cm, UVI of 1.0-2.0

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04dubiaroaches.com — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

Others in this group

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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.