Hy,
according to your detailed description there is no gecko species from mainland
south-America fitting. Garthia or the former Homonota are smaller and have
different toes, also tubercles on the back. Thecadactylus is closest but has
divided lamellae. From the caribic islands there are Aristelliger species, they
have undivided Lamellae and no tubercular scales on the back, but the pattern is
somewhat different and they definitly are not inhabiting the Chaco. What do you
know about the origin of the geckos? Are they sure come from America?
Sorry I don�t have any URL for Pics about Aristelliger now here, but there are
some in the Web, you can see hatchlings with different pattern on Uroplatus.com
Best would be if you could post a Pic anyway.
Frank H.
Renee schrieb:
> Okay, these geckos are really bugging me now.
> I ended up bringing the four home (probably do better
> with me anyways than at the store...).
> Anyhow, I was asking if anyone heard of a gecko being
> brought in as "choco leaf gecko" but it should have
> read "chaco" instead.
> I've went though the gga photo page as well as a few
> others from top to bottom and not one of them
> resembles the actual geckos...
> Doing a search (internet) yielded little to no results
> on geckos from that area (at least none that matched
> up) except for the mention of "Garthia gaudichaudi"
> which I found no photos or descriptions of...
>
> A bit about these geckos:
> -the largest is about 7" long with svl about 3.5.
> -the lamellae are single, and they have claws that
> look similar to G.vorax, but toes look slimmer than
> all the gehyra photos I've seen.
> -one of the females (I think) has what looks like
> calci sacs.
> -the pores seem to be faint, and only slight bulges on
> the 2 that look most male (I may have 4 females)
> -the pattern is sort of a series of small black (4mm)
> ovals with white bordering the posterior edge.
> the color between the ovals is a sort of charcoal
> grey, though this varies at times from almost black to
> white...
> -The scales are mainly smooth with slightly larger
> scales interspersed along the sides and head (The
> oldest of the four has only a few larger scales)
>
> Sorry this is so long, but if anyone has any thoughts
> on what they could be, if would be greatly
> appreciated, I'll also try to get a photo up soon,
> thanks for your time,
> Renee
>
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