Re: [Gecko] OT-luminescent lizards

[Racodactylus]

The TV show was MArk O'shea's big adventure on animal planet.  They actually
captured a pair of the small lizards.  They made no reference to its family
of any classification of that matter.  The book you mention was referenced in
the show. Infact, they interviewed the man that made the first capture (a
local guide) Mark was trying to capture a male (which reportedly only posses
the ability) to determine if it was simple reflection or acual
bio-luminescence.  I believe they concluded reflection.  They little guy was
rather small, and inhabits the fron of wet caves where plenty of rocks and
vegitation provide cover.  All in all it seemed very interesting.  I enjoy
some of his shows, but we need to see a show devoted to geckoes in either the
Crocodile Hunter, National Geographic, or Mark O'shea.  

They made it seem like the little lizards were very rare, which may be true.  
In my expeirence of wild teiids, they are very active and very alert, and
very keen.  They may simply dissapear before the scientist even saw them.  In
Costa Rica,  near Manuel Antonio, I observed several Amveia undulata ssp.  
These are teiides that grow between 5-8 inches and are very active.  While
walking on trails in the NAtional park, if I sat down and waited a few
mintes, these lizards would crawl out  of the bushes and feed, breed, and
fight.  When you get up, they do not mind, it is only when you get with in
one foot of them..  However, when walking up trails, they scatter before you
can see them.  Amevia festivia and an other species I couldn't ID, were also
present under the same circustances, but festivia is most likely encountered
on beaches were clumps of fallen palm frounds are gathered. ! &n! bsp;I am sure many
people are familiar with the whip-tails of N. America.  These too are related
to the Luminscent lizard.