Scientific name
Trachelipus caucasius
The 2015 redescription compares museum material and specifies the characters of Trachelipus caucasius. It distinguishes measured data from the dimensions and tolerances sometimes advertised commercially. [1]
Origin
From the Sochi region on the Black Sea to western Georgia and then northeastern Turkey, according to the revision. [1]
- Caucasus
- Specialist identification
- Captive strain
Natural-history or taxonomic sources distinguished from breeding accounts; captive limits explicit.
At a glance
The redescription of Trachelipus caucasius distinguishes museum characters from trade names linked to coloured borders. [1]
| ADULT SIZE | 20,0 × 11,5 mm Published maximum, length × width; not every adult’s size. [1] |
|---|---|
| LIFESPAN | Not established No supported individual lifespan in the selected sources. |
| LIFESTYLE | Ground shelters Humid forests and riverbanks at the studied localities. [1] |
Adult size
Published maximum of 20,0 × 11,5 mm, length × width, in the 2015 revision’s series; this is not every adult’s size. [1]
Lifespan
No individual lifespan established through a cohort in the selected sources.
Lifestyle
The specimens studied came from humid forest, spruce forest and riverbanks among other habitats; this variety alone does not define thermal tolerance. [1]
Housing
ATTRIBUTED BREEDING PRACTICE
Leaves, wood and moss — Exuvium describes localised wetting; commercial method without comparative validation. [2]
Exuvium describes a moistened area with moss, decaying wood and leaves, with the rest of the environment less wet. Breeder account, without comparative validation. [2]
Care parameters
CAPTIVE CLIMATE
Not established — No validated husbandry range in the selected sources.
Humidity
Humid area — Breeder practice; a fraction of wetted substrate is not an air percentage. [2]
Temperature
No experimental optimum adopted Commercial ranges are not used as physiological limits.
Wetting
Humid area and better-aerated part in captivity [2] Observe the substrate; do not convert an enclosure fraction into air humidity.
Feeding
DIET AND CALCIUM
Decaying plant matter, supplements and calcium source in Exuvium’s method; no experimental individual dosage. [2]
Scope of this profile
Natural-history or taxonomic sources distinguished from breeding accounts; captive limits explicit.
Identification goes beyond the coloured border
The publication describes a black-brown back and yellowish rear portions of segment edges; some juveniles and females are marbled. Head characters, glandular fields and male appendages complete identification. [1] A trade nickname linked to a yellow or orange border therefore does not replace these criteria.
Provenance and altitude
The studied material includes coastal localities and high-altitude Turkish sites. [1] This diversity documents a distribution, not an experiment demonstrating that one individual can undergo every corresponding climate. Keep the strain’s place of origin when known, and distinguish it from the seller’s shipping country.
Setup, substrate and ventilation
The commercial method consulted combines leaves, decaying wood, moss and localised wetting. [2] To make it checkable, record enclosure layout and shelter changes after water additions. A setup should allow one zone to be observed without moving all the furnishings. Box dimensions and acceptable density are not established by the taxonomic revision.
Foods and calcium
Exuvium recommends decaying plant matter, varied supplements and a calcium source. [2] This account does not measure individual needs. Documenting the product, amount deposited and leftovers adapts observation to the actual colony. A ration for another Trachelipus species must not be presented as equivalent by default.
Reproduction and young
The seller describes its culture as prolific, without a protocol or cohort allowing that term to become a guaranteed time frame. [2] Record the first presence of young and an approximate count, then follow several observations before concluding there is a trend. Adult characters remain necessary for colony identity; juvenile colour is more variable in the publication. [1]
Monitoring without false precision
Taxonomic literature clarifies identity and distribution, while commercial practice describes a setup. Keeping this separation in the log avoids giving a seller’s figure the status of a biological threshold. Record wetting, activity, moults and confirmed losses; no lifespan or universal cold limit is adopted here.
Checklist
- Keep strain provenance.
- Provide inspectable shelters.
- Distinguish measured size from a commercial claim.
Observations to record
- Group origin
- Wetting and food
- Young, moults and losses
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Sources
Document-based overview; not a substitute for veterinary advice.