Hello Lyle,
Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 6:46:05 AM, you wrote:
>>The Teratoscincus scincus I have from Turkmenistan have, on several occasions,
>>thrown their tails across their cage without anything touching them.
>>They just start shaking and zing... off it goes.
LP> hahaha....wow, thats amazing. I have a few Teratoscincus, but no lost tails
LP> yet. I have seen they rasp the scales together for the hiss, but so far all
LP> kept intact. Did yours make that movement prior to the toss?
Yup, rattle, rattle, snap...thud, rattle, rattle...
Teratoscincus are the only geckos I'm aware of that regrow normal
looking tails. You almost can't tell they were lost after a few
months. Fully functionable and they rattle as good as new.
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Best regards,
Tony mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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