Hi to All,
> Thanks for all this excellent information, Hartmut!
*...* :-)
> Too bad it would be such a lot of hassle for me to get CB animals from you!
> I'm not likely to be able to find any locally.
Well, someone will have to start breeding them somewhere, too - so why not
you? By the way, should you happen to know someone who will attend the
International Gecko-Keepers Meeting in Germany in June, then you MIGHT be
able to get some from me ... ;-) At least last year we had some North American
guests as well ... so, anyone interested?
> Do you have any suggestions on acclimatizing and deparasitizing recent
> imports?
Well, their parasite loads seem to differ from batch to batch - perhaps this
is
due to the different conditions in the importer´s cages ... after all, once a
cage has been infested, it will probably distribute it´s load to all species
who
are put into it, even if they were "clean" before ... :-(
Best would be to do fecals and then choose appropriate treatment, but
remember that some parasites will only kill weakened animals - sometimes
it seems better to wait until the animals have come over the stress of catch
and transport, and then treat them - treating them right away will give some
animals just the little more push needed to finally kill them.
> I have spend my final paper on trying to establish that hypothesis
> (Lygodactylus and Phelsuma are sistergroups with the Gekko-genus and its
> relatives as closest outgroup) but never had it published (I have submitted
> the article to 'Dactylus, but never heard from that since..).
I thought that they were sistergroups was already common fact? In the book
"Faszinierende Taggeckos" (Phelsuma) the Authors mention studies done by
RUSSELL (1972) and JOGER (1985), in which (based on different aspects)
they classify an afro-madagassan group with Phelsuma, Ailuronyx, Homopholis,
Microscallabotes and Lygodactylus in it ... and concluding that they probably
had common ancestors. Uroplatus und Ebenavia have similarities, but don´t
seem to fit completely. Later studies (KLUGE, BAUER, JOGER, NUSSBAUM)
try to bring more light into this topic, but all seem to agree that
Lygodactylus
and Phelsuma are sistergroups and share common ancestors ... .
> I thought Millotosaurus were the most 'primitive' members ans also, the
> group "P.breviceps, P.mutabilis and P.ocellata' were a distinct group
within
> this Lygodactylus/Phelsuma clade.
> I stillkeep in thouch with Gekko-taxonomy and have not seen any real
> evidence against this hypothesis, but I should revise the article I wrote
> and maybe submit it forpublishing..
I could only try to translate what I found in the book I mentioned above - if
you
really want to read this stuff in detail, I could quote the literature-titles
given in
the book for you ... ?
Regards, Hartmut
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