OUR NAME
Why Are We Called Blue River Diets?
We’re named after a rainforest park in New Caledonia, where a gecko everyone thought was extinct turned up again.
Where in the World?
New Caledonia is a group of islands in the South Pacific, east of Australia. Crested geckos live wild here and nowhere else on Earth.
Lost… and Found
Crested geckos were first described by science in 1866. Then they went missing for well over a century, and many people assumed they were extinct.
In 1994, a herpetological expedition found them again in the south of Grande Terre, New Caledonia’s main island. One of the places they turned up was Blue River Provincial Park, or Parc Provincial de la Rivière Bleue.
When we created a diet made for crested geckos, naming it after the place they made their comeback felt right. So that’s us: Blue River Diets.
Three Places to Find Them
Wild crested geckos are only known from three areas, all in the south of New Caledonia.
Blue River Provincial Park
A protected rainforest reserve in the south of Grande Terre, and where crested geckos were rediscovered in 1994. Our namesake.
Mont Dzumac
A second population lives in the forest just south of Mont Dzumac, also on Grande Terre.
Isle of Pines
Île des Pins, a small island off the south of Grande Terre, is home to the third known population.
Back to Where It All Began
Knowing where crested geckos live is one thing. Seeing how they live is another. With Exotics Keeper, we’ve been back to New Caledonia in both the wet and dry seasons to study wild crested geckos, their habitat and what’s on their menu. What we learn goes into every bag.