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> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:46:29 -0500
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> as I posted this mail about one week ago, and it did not pop up on the list,
> I guess my picture attachments cancelled the whole mail ... is there a
> limit on file-size in the attachments? Anyway, here is it again - withoutthe
> pictures - and those of you, who would like to see the pictures should
> contact me directly and will be send the pictures offlist, OK? So here I go:
Hartmut sent me these pictures, and they are really interesting. Could
they be put on the GGA web site?
> Both species show a kind of sexual dichromatism - picturatus males are bright
> blue and yellow, while the females stay rather grey-brown (notice that a
>stressed male picturatus will look like a female). Kimhowelli males are looking
> identical
> on the upside, but have an deep black throat and a more yellow underbelly
> instead of the orange one the females have. Hemipenis bulges can be seen with
> both species clearly ... on adult males. Pores are well visible, too.
I'm no expert, but I don't know of any other gecko species that has such
brilliant color on the underside. These little guys (L.kimhowelli) look
in the pictures as if they have been pressed against a stamp pad with
orange ink! The black throat on the male is remarkable too. Have you
observed behaviours that display the belly color? Since both sexes have
the bright colored bellies, I wonder if it is used for species recognition.
Does the male display his throat in courtship, or territorial disputes with
other males?
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