Hello Assar, You are completely right. I've looked at P. "bibroni" that have been coming in for the last few years and they key out to P. turneri. I've also looked at some preserved petstore animals from the early 80's and those were P. turneri also. Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 8:31:05 AM, you wrote: AM> Hi everyone, AM> I have a theory that I'd like another opinion on: AM> Pachydactylus bibroni is very similar in apperance to Pachydactylus turneri. AM> As most gecko enthusiasts know, Pachydactylus bibroni is a very common AM> species in this hobby, but I claim that all the bibronis (at least here in AM> Sweden) are in fact P. turneri. The reason for that is that Pachydactylus AM> bibroni is an endemic species for the country of South Africa (according tho AM> Bill Branch's "A Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern AM> Africa"), and since South Africa doesn't export their fauna, then were would AM> all the wildcaught P. bibroni come from?? But Pachydactylus turneri on the AM> other hand ranges from the Nothern part of South Africa through Namibia, AM> Botswana, Zimbabwe, Angola and southern Tanzania. And Tanzania exports loads AM> of reptiles. So since the two species is so similar, it should be P. turneri AM> that everyone claim to be bibroni.... AM> Can someone confirm my theory, or tell me I'm wrong, and in that case why? AM> Opinions appriciated! AM> Assar Manuswin -- Best regards, Tony mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
