Hi, i was interested in the "other" Eublepharis species for a little while so i did some research at the university library.
i saw some decent pics in papers, mostly preserved specimens though. all of my papers are in florida though, so sorry i can't give you references! i'm sure Tony Gamble's Bibliography to Eublepharis lists them all. i could not identify an "E. turkmenicus" or "E. afghanicus" on sight without any key, but the "afghanicus" looks surprisingly like a tangerine macularius, and the "agramainyu" like a patternless! i didn't know an "E. afghanicus" even existed! Those people with the "Afghan geckos homepage" probably they got confused with "Eublepharis macularius afghanicus B�RNER 1976"! ;-) (EMBL database) also the ranges are all wrong, only E. macularius exists in afghanistan, the others are restricted in syria iraq iran turkmenistan pakistan india and bangladesh. i think Michael Kn�thig's page is excellent and is a real service to geckophiles. i really like the distribution maps, and all the info about coleonyx. it has a pic of angramainyu vs. macularius toes. http://www.knoethig.de/reptiles/index.htm I would love to know how large the populations of the other populations of Eublepharis sp. are, and why haven't they been imported!?! Cheers, Andy Dilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- John Heiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Hilde, > > I just looked at that site and I would have to say > it is bogus. It is my understanding > that E. macularis and E. angramainyu are nearly > identical and are differentiated by the > scales on the bottom of their feet/toes. The site > has what appears to be a juvie (6 to 9 > month old) leucistic/patternless shown as E. > angramainyu. > > But thanks for the tip, if nothing else it made me > smile and remember how reliable the > internet really is! > > Regard, > John > > Hilde wrote: > > > There is one site that I know of: > > http://afghangeckos.netfirms.com > > > > However I've heard rumours that it might be leat > partially, if not all fake. I've > > heard everything from it being an accurate site, > to it being nothing more than a > > collection of pirated photos labelled with species > names. Since I'm not familiar with > > the other species, I can't vouch for it. You'd > have to get some leopard experts to > > check it out and tell you if the species and > pictures are of the actual species or > > not. If they are correctly identified, then you've > got the pictures. > > ########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION > LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents > of these postings. > ########################################################################### > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
