page_title: Crested gecko
section_title: Captivity
hierarchical_section_title: Crested gecko / Captivity
caption_attribution_description: English: Baby crested gecko eating a cricket
context_page_description: The crested gecko or eyelash gecko is a species of gecko native to southern New Caledonia. In 1866, the crested gecko was described by a French zoologist named Alphone Guichenot. This species was thought extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994 during an expedition led by Robert Seipp. Along with several Rhacodactylus species, it is being considered for protected status by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. It is popular in the pet trade.
context_section_description: Though the export of wild crested geckos is now prohibited, biologists exported several specimens for breeding and study before New Caledonia stopped issuing permits to export the species.  From these specimens, different breeding lines were established both in Europe and the United States. The crested gecko is now one of the most widely kept and bred species of gecko in the world.
  These geckos can be very long-lived. While they have not been kept in captivity long enough for a definitive life span determination, they have been kept for 15–20 years or more. They can be kept healthy on specially prepared powdered fruit diets with sufficient calcium or a variety of insects dusted with calcium or multivitamin supplements.
caption: Baby crested gecko eating a cricket
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