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Hello,

today I have found second egg of my Sphaerodactylus torrei pair from Peter. It is in a bamboo hole and it is glued there. Does this species glue the eggs or is the egg damaged (or probably unfertilized)? The first one I found in June but it was unfertilized. And can I let the egg inside or must I put it anywhere else (do the parents harm the hatchlings)?

Thanks for advice.
Greetings,
Petr

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Phelsuma breviceps, guimbeaui, guttata, hoeschi, inexpectata, klemmeri, madagascariensis, nigristriata, pasteuri, standingi
Sphaerodactylus torrei, Tympanocryptis tetraporophora, Platysaurus intermedius und andere Echsen und Schlangen

Hello Petr,
S. torrei doesn´t glue their eggs. However, some eggs aren´t easy to loosen from the underground. I made the experience, that in the genus Sphaerodactylus the parents don´t harm their juvies. You can let the egg in the tank and - if it is fertilized - catch the hatchling out of it in some months.
Good luck with this beautiful species!
Greetings
Dennis

Hi Dennis, thanks for the info. Hopefully the egg is fertilized and a "little striped sock" will appear in my terrarium in few months...
Greetings from the Czech Rep.,
Petr

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Phelsuma breviceps, guimbeaui, guttata, hoeschi, inexpectata, klemmeri, madagascariensis, nigristriata, pasteuri, standingi
Sphaerodactylus torrei, Tympanocryptis tetraporophora, Platysaurus intermedius und andere Echsen und Schlangen