I got two good ID's. C. orientalis and our guess. Thank you both. The tails
seems more similar to a Stenodactylus than C. orientalis but we will
continue to look. I did not mention the snout/vent length is about 40 mm.
Thanks to you both,
Kevin
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From: "Beverly Erlebacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] Mystery Gecko?
> > From: "Kevin Emmerich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 20:03:31 -0400
> >
> > I am new to the board, but have long loved gecko ecology, evolution and
> > having captives. I work with a herpetologist, Dave Morafka, and he gave
us
> > an "Egyptian sand gecko". Dave got him from a breeder without a
confirmed
> > ID. The gecko is very interesting. We think he is a Stenodactylus
petrii. We
> > looked in a book called Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa; or
perhaps
> > just Stenodactylus sthenodactylus. He digs into a small hide box and
erases
> > his tracks with his tail. Great to watch!
>
> That's a wonderful book. I got it from the university library - I'd
> recommend it to anyone interested in the herpetofauna of this part of
> the world.It has a lot of natural history and behaviour info as well as
> taxonomy.
>
> > Here is a photo. Take a shot at ID! (please)
>
> I think you may well have the true S.petrii, judging by the shape of the
> tail as described in the book. I've got a group of S.sthenodactylus and
> enjoy watching them a lot.
>
> These two Stenodactylus species both occur over an immense geographic
> range, from Morocco to the Arava Valley (the one the Dead Sea is in,
> between southern Israel and Jordan). There's probably a lot of local
> variation and perhaps even cryptic species over this range. There seems
> to be a lot of confusion about which animals are which species in captive
> colonies.
>
>
>
>
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