I have a group of Stenodactylus which have patterns similar to the animal in
question and to typical S. sthenodactylus. They vary from dark brown, to mustard
to almost white. These all came from the same importer at the same time,
but could be different species. The males are often yellow or orange.
There is some variation in head shape and snout, but whether
this is just individual variation of indicative of a different species, I'm not sure.
They all do well under similar conditions and breed together (try telling them
they're supposed to be different species!). These are the same stock as Beverly's
Stenos.
There is definitely something misidentified on the GGA website if you look at
all of the S. petrii photos.
An old poor photo of one of my original males is attached.
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
Neil Meister Promotions Secretary Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com President Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society
