Crested geckos have adhesive lamellae and have an interesting additional adhesive lamellae pad on the tip of the tail. Body coloration is variable but tends to be some shade of yellow, red, or orange. Some individuals have black spots over their bodies. Captive Care Crested geckos are by far one of the easiest geckos species to maintain in captivity. They do not require full spectrum lighting as they are nocturnal and spend the daytime hiding in crevices.
Crested geckos are arboreal and prefer enclosures with a vertical format.
Diet includes fruit flavored baby food such as peach and apricot and live prey such as crickets, mealworms, cockroaches, and flies. The baby food in presented in a silver dollar sized section on the top of a deli cup lid. Calcium supplement is mixed in with the baby food mixture once a week, and the insects are also lightly powdered with calcium supplement once a week. Other keepers have raised several generations of crested geckos without any live prey items at all, instead, they offered only fruit and meat type baby food mixtures supplemented with vitamins. Crested geckos are avid eaters and are offered 5-6 live prey items each, alternating with baby food.