Seem to have missed Peter's post. Did it come to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
Many thanks for all your great photos! Especially enjoyed the group shot of two Lygodactylus kimhowelli and the Phelsuma ornata (?) eating bananas (?) on the driftwood. ;-]]
I think we are getting closer to identifying my "Cape Zebra Gecko". Daniel recommends a good African field guide, but I do not have access to such right now. In the first set of photos you sent the L. kimhowelli has a square white patch on its throat and a deep yellow underside. The animal I saw at the pet store just has black underneath the head and throat, and, I think, a beige/white underside. Also its stripes are definitely narrower. Wish I had that digital camera! (Returning to pet store to see whether they can get some more of these.)
You say you keep them like some of your Phelsumas, and even in the same enclosures! Any territoriality problems? Ever kept them with P. klemmeri? What temperature/humdity guidelines have you for their husbandry in general and for incubating the eggs?
Thanks,
Elizabeth
Seattle, WA
Hi Peter and all,
> You mean the females are not the brownish white and black dotted lygo's? I
> wondered one day , because I saw a juvenile which had already a white head
> blue body marking.. But the eggs were supposed to be from a dark
> brown gecko
in fact my first L. kimhowelli were sold to me from a shop as the "males" of
L. picturatus. A friend and I bought a bunch of these and kept them happily
for a while, until we saw two of the supposed "males" mating ... then we
switched them all so that only the look-alikes were together, and suddendly
breeding succes was there - with one group beeing L. picturatus and the
other
L. kimhowelli ;-)
One of the more prominent differences between L. picturatus and L. kimhowlli
is that the picturatus can become completely greyish-brown when stressed,
while kimhowelli will always keep the contrastful markings on the back and
head (even if they might darken a bit if stressed). To let you compare, I
have attached a picture of a male and of a female L. picturatus ... but this
species is very variable, and they might indeed look whiter than mine.
The names both species are often sold by are things like "luteopicturatus",
"capensis", "angularis" and others ... but IMHO 90% of those sold are either
picturatus or kimhowelli.
Regards, Hartmut (Germany)
Peace and hope,
Elizabeth
l l l
^^ /..\ ^^ /..\ ^^ ^^ /..\ ^^
l l ^^ llll \\\
l l llll ///
l l llll \\\
l l ~~ llll ///
~~ ( ~~ ) ~~ ~~ ( ~~
) ( )
( ) (
) ( )
lappert robert hubert
13.5 yo r.i.p. r.i.p.
