Hapalopus formosus — Fact Sheet

Hapalopus formosus · Hapalopus formosus

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

• Use the enclosure dimensions, heating, humidity, and safety values from the structured care profile and full care guide.

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• About 8 cm of shape-holding substrate with a small cork-bark hide or starter burrow
• Leaf litter or moss for web anchors; leave established webbed tunnels intact
• Shallow water dish for larger juveniles and adults; avoid heavy decor that can crush tunnels
• Fine, escape-proof ventilation because this small species can use narrow gaps

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or dedicated basking lamp required
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h of gentle ambient room light; no night light
• Avoid direct display lamps, sunny windowsills, and shelves near radiators that can overheat the compact enclosure

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 23-26 °C
• Warm zone: 22-26 °C
• Cool zone: 20-22 °C
• Night: 20-22 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Humidity: 65-80% with good ventilation
• Keep the lower substrate lightly moist while allowing the surface to breathe
• Provide a tiny water dish or controlled moisture patch for slings and a shallow dish for larger juveniles and adults
• Remove prey remains promptly; avoid soaked substrate, mold, and mite-friendly stagnant conditions

🪳 Feeding

• Feed according to the prey type and schedule in the structured care profile; remove uneaten prey promptly.

🩺 Health — warning signs

• Watch for appetite loss, abnormal posture, injury, breathing issues, failed shedding or molting, and sustained weight loss.