> From: Jon & Stacy Boone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:56:09 -0400
>
> Well folks the Stenodactylus confusion has once again manifested itself:
> http://www.kingsnake.com/market/gecko/messages/4686.html
> the following day revised as:
> http://www.kingsnake.com/market/gecko/messages/4698.html
> This time the "Egyptian Cat-eyed Geckos" have been reduced to mere
> "Stenodactylus sthenodactylus" - (?!?!?!@#$%??)
> Now, for the punch line (has everyone been listening?):
> What do you guys think these are? S. stheno.'s? S. petrii? S. doriae?
> C. orientalis? I'm interested to hear the opinions start flying - which
> will most likely provide myself (or anyone else) sufficient reason to write
> a Stenodactylus article and submit it to every publishing organization on
> mother earth - starting with GEKKO of course.
I can't get the picture to display....according to photopoint, it's been
moved or deleted.
I would like to read a definitive article on how to tell these little
guys apart, most especially when they are still alive, and without handling
them.. I am reluctant to handle small geckos for fear of injuring them,
especially if they get away and fall. (How did Tripod break his leg??)
> Whatever you think they are, rest assured that the vernacular has just been
> redirected to "Desert-painted ground screamers". They're not Egyptian
> Cat-eyeds anymore (hey, what about the populations in Libya - new
> species?), and they are not Dinky-Dumpy-Desert-Dwellers either. They're
> D.P.G.'s from now on. (the male on the advert goes by the extended
> vernacular "tripod"). I hear Julie comes up with some new designer morph
> names - let's hear it Julie?
If I can preempt Julie here, the S. sthenodactylus I got from Neil Meister
last year are definitely of the 'pork sausage morph' or 'porridge morph',
judging by their markings.
Just to muddy the waters, I'll post some fairly poor quality pics of my
DPGs in the next message. I tried to get views of snouts, legs and tails
in particular, since these are supposed be helpful in identification.
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