> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:24:35 -0400
> From: Alexa Ryhorchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I spent a couple of years doing behavioural
> experiments with my Heteronotia binoei (Bynoe's
> gecko). I found that pretty much, juveniles were
> tolerated by the adults. It didn't matter when they
> were put into the enclosure. But once the juveniles
> got to approximately reproductive age/size, the older,
> generally more dominant gecko would enforce its
> superior role. However, once a heirarchy was
> established, very few actual fights occurred. I
> didn't do these experiments with males as I had a
> colony of parthenogenetic geckos to play with.
>
> In the wild, I would find large numbers of geckos
> under large pieces of tin. However, the adults
> appeared to have a minimum area that they occupied,
> and no others came in that area. But as the animals
> were disturbed by their houses being upended, the
> behaviour was not what you'd call "normal".
>
> I have put together an ethogram describing the
> different behaviours observed in my captive girls.
> However it is on a different computer. If anyone is
> interested I'll post it later.
Alexa, I'd be interested to see your ethogram, and any other
information you've gathered about gecko social behaviour in
the wild and in captivity.
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