I just noticed that there was talk about a species of African Hemidactylus (Thanks Lyle!).
The species we had from Glades several years ago was mainly terrestrial and had very large labial scales (Glades sold it to me as a Pachydactylus... I think P. namaquensis or P. capensis is what they thought it was... and Urocotyledon was suggested by them too as I recall... yeee gads!). Aaron Bauer and I tried for a while to believe it was a new species, but alas, it is actually described already. In fact, it is described in the Loveridge book on African Geckos, though not well and as a subspecies as I recall... (though at the moment I cannot remember a sub of what). The species is: Hemidactylus squamulatus. ON page 94 of a new book on East Africa there is even a photo of the beast... though that individual is browner than ours were. Spawls, S., K. Howell, R. Dewes and J. Ashe. 2002. A field guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, San Diego. 534pp. ISBN 0-12-656470-1 yes.... 2002 and it's already available! Greg ----- Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell Division of Vertebrate Zoology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Avenue, P. O. Box 208118 New Haven, CT 06520-8118 Phone: 203/432-3791 FAX: 203/432-9816 http://www.peabody.yale.edu ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
