Re: [Gecko] ID Stenodactylus

[Racodactylus]

I always have found St. sthenodactylus to differ from St. petrii in the shape
of the head...  Stheno's seem to a have wider snout whereas petrii have a
pointed snout.    Seems to suggest a termite eater.  Jon told me about a
giant petrii form in which the SVL is the size of the total length of the
smaller form.  Very cool.  I also think the petrii pattern is very
characteristic, I am not good at descibing, but it is far more ornate than
any sthenodactylus patern I have seen.  Also, in my case and it appears to be
the same in Jon's case the petrii are sexually diamorphic with the males
being a red yellow orange color and the females being a white color.  I had a
female sthenodactylus that was kind of purple and her mate was a shade
lighter, but I do not think this qualify's as being sexually diamorphic.

--Daniel

--Daniel