Hmm, You may be right Jamie. I have discussed this with some other guys (two prominent gecko guys in Europe who know African geckos) that I know who should know the difference, but nobody does. A few months ago we had narrowed it down to tropidolepis/squamulatus, and it was the opinion of one person that it was tropidolepis. Several of these species are apparently very closely related, or at least the literature hints at it. Who knows? But if anyone has the appropriate key confess up!
While the EMBL database is extremely helpful, there are inevitable shortcomings. Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Corell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:06 AM Subject: RE: [Gecko] Gluing Hemidactylus > Hmm, > > I had a few of those very same animals a few years ago (I think I got them > from Greg? initially then a few from random shipments through Glades). I > thought we had keyed them out to be H.squamulatus? I just went to check out > EMBL and see a lack of the previous synonym Teratolepis squamulatus that I > thought I remembered from Loveridge? Maybe I'm losing my mind...is Greg > still on here? > > Jamie > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon & Stacy Boone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Gecko] Gluing Hemidactylus > > > <<> A few months ago I saw some geckos labelled Hemidactylus tropidolepis. > > According to the EMBL database, they are native to Somalia, Ethiopia and > > Kenya. What I found interesting was that each of the dozen or so animals > > had an entirely different color pattern. They were basically light and > > dark brown, but the amount and arrangement of each color was extremely > > variable.>> > > I am keeping and breeding the species presently. They are highly variable > in color and pattern. I have some > that are striped. They are very interesting in that they are by preference > terrestrial, but possess lamellae that are > capable of bringing the species right up the glass. I keep this species in > groups of 1.2 and 1.3 and all are thriving. > To my knowledge, this is the only Hemidactylus species (out of about 20 that > I have kept) which exhibits this terrestrial preference. > What is further interesting about them is that they possess tile-like > imbricate scales (like Teratoscincus) on the tail. > > They are very cool to work with, and I recommend them to anyone - if they > can find them. > > Jon > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Erlebacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Gecko] Gluing Hemidactylus > > > > > From: "Jon & Stacy Boone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:45:51 -0500 > > > > > > I mention this only to keep the facts straight for any person on the > list > > > that might also (by some rare chance) be interested in this species-rich > > > genus. > > > > A few months ago I saw some geckos labelled Hemidactylus tropidolepis. > > According to the EMBL database, they are native to Somalia, Ethiopia and > > Kenya. What I found interesting was that each of the dozen or so animals > > had an entirely different color pattern. They were basically light and > > dark brown, but the amount and arrangement of each color was extremely > > variable. > > > > Has anyone here worked with this species? They were all on the substrate. > > > Is this a ground-dwelling species? > > > > Are all Hemidactylus basically aggressive little critters that do badly > > in groups unless there's a *lot* of space? > > > > > ########################################################################### > > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > > > ########################################################################### > > >
