Heteroscodra maculata — Fact Sheet

Heteroscodra maculata · Heteroscodra maculata

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

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

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• Firmly anchored vertical cork tube or curved bark that forms a secure elevated retreat
• Stable branches, foliage, and bark-to-wall anchor points for climbing and webbing
• About 5 cm of substrate to buffer moisture and catch waste
• Water dish reachable from the safest door; avoid unstable decor, coarse mesh, and exploitable gaps

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or dedicated basking lamp required
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h of gentle ambient room light; no night light
• Avoid direct lamps that overheat or dry the elevated retreat

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 25-27 °C
• Warm zone: 23-27 °C
• Cool zone: 21-23 °C
• Night: 20-23 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Humidity: 65-80% with strong ventilation
• Fresh shallow water dish always available
• Lightly moisten part of the substrate near the retreat, then let exposed surfaces dry
• Wet walls, persistent condensation, and heavy stagnant air mean the enclosure is too wet

🪳 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.