Description
- Common Name: Tokay Gecko
- Scientific Name: Gekko gecko
- Locality/Morph: Reduced pattern
- Sex: Unknown
- Age: 2025
- Source: Captive bred in UK
- Native Range: Southeast Asia – from India and Bangladesh through Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and surrounding islands
- Natural Habitat: Tropical forests, caves, and urban environments (commonly found in houses and villages)
- Diet: Insects, small vertebrates, and other invertebrates
- Basking Temperature: 30–32°C hotspot
- Ambient Temperature: 24–28°C (night drop to ~20–22°C)
- Average Adult Size: 25–35 cm
The Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) is one of the largest and most recognisable geckos in the world, well known for its striking blue-grey body patterned with bright orange or red spots. Native across much of Southeast Asia, this powerful, nocturnal lizard is equally at home in tropical forests and in human settlements, where its loud, characteristic “to-kay” call gives it its common name.
In captivity, Tokay Geckos require a tall, secure enclosure with plenty of vertical climbing space, cork bark, branches, and hides. They thrive with an ambient temperature of 24–28°C, with a warmer basking spot around 30–32°C, and tolerate moderate night-time drops. Humidity should be maintained around 60–80% with regular misting, ensuring good airflow to prevent stagnation.
Their diet should consist of a wide range of live insects (crickets, roaches, locusts, mealworms, and more). Feeder insects should always be gut-loaded and dusted with calcium and vitamins to maintain health.
Tokay Geckos are long-lived and hardy, capable of reaching 15–20 years in captivity. While striking and impressive, they are also often defensive and quick to bite, making them less suitable as a handling pet compared to many other geckos. However, with the right environment and respect for their temperament, they make a fascinating display species and remain one of the most iconic geckos in herpetoculture.
Livestock Delivery:
Livestock is delivered in our own heated reptile courier vans. Delivery time from ordering will depend on your location and when we next have a van in your area, this will usually be a maximum of 2 weeks. You will receive a date and time slot by phone or email, so please ensure you enter these correctly at checkout. Delivery fee for livestock depends on location, prices start at £45. Livestock orders over £500 (+VAT) are delivered free of charge.
Livestock Sale Terms:
If multiple animals are in stock then not all will be pictured, so the photo above may not be exact animal available.
All prices are per individual unless otherwise stated. All livestock is subject to availability, whilst we try to keep the website as up to date as possible errors may happen, in this situation you will be contacted to arrange a refund/alternative.
Errors can happen with sexing and morph identification. Should this be discovered before leaving us you are entitled to a refund. After the animal leaves us it is the customers responsibility to inform us within 48 hours of the animals arrival. Failing to do so may lose the customers eligibility for a refund.
It is the customers responsibility to have the correct setup available and ready for the animal, if you need any advice please do get in touch. We have the right to request proof of setup at any time, failure to provide an image of an appropriate setup or any image at all, may result in a full order cancellation and refund.
Guarantee for all inverts & amphibians is 24 hours. All other livestock is 48 hours. If issues/concerns are notified upon delivery, then this may be extended. All health related queries will be subject to a full investigation should an issue arise. Failing to provide us with the information we request may void any form of guarantee. If we find reason from the information that its injury or death was caused by negligence or incorrect husbandry then the guarantee may be void. Should death or abnormalities occur then you must inform us as soon as possible. In the unlikely event that an animal passes away please photograph the dead body and freeze until you have heard from us. If death or illness occurs after 7 days, and no health issues were reported, then Ridgeway will not be held responsible.
We have the right to refuse any sale, refund or guarantee at any time if we feel it is necessary.
Livestock sales are for customers aged 18+, if under this age you must have prior parent permission. If we have any reason to suspect this is not the case we will contact you before the animal is released.
When purchasing an animal from us you automatically agree to these terms of sale.
