Lipinia vittigera, the banded lipinia

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Has anyone kept Lipinia vittigera, the banded lipinia ?

I have been looking for information about this species but its limited

I know there are not many cb animals and most are imported

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Take this with a large grain of salt since I have never kept them, but given their ecology and the like I would say your best bet would be to start by treating them along the lines of an emerald tree skink and then modify from their based on behaviours and such

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Thanks
Been trying to get into some skink fb groups but seem like admins are dead :rofl: :rofl:

I think Herptime keeps them but not 100% sure , not seen many others

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One good way I have found to help get a better idea of the needs for uncommon species is to deep dive on them. Go to iNaturalist and look through ALL the pictures to get an idea of habitat type and conditions. Jump to weatherspark and get annual high/low temps, photoperiods, precipitation, etc., for their range. Google the species binomial and add things like “habitat” “ecology” “breeding” “gut content” “behaviour” and the like, that generally pulls up a handful of papers that might help give some clarity. You can do the same searches for related species and see what kind of overlaps and differences there are and that can help guide a little as well

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I got some from google ai to give decent awnser.
Heat i got from a herpetological study
Humdity was easy as they are found Singapore
I have been in Singapore a few times , It is always 60-80% most days or higher

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