Hello Hartmut, <<Hmm, somehow the pictures I have submitted have turned from picturatus to luteopicturatus which is (as far as I know) not a valid name for my animals ... Greg, is this some new information that you took into account? If not, can you please correct it to picturatus? Thanks!>>
If you refer to the new (2002) Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa (by S. Spawls, Kim Howell, Bob Drewes, and James Ashe), you will find a photo of your Lygodactylus (and young, just like your photos) on page 103 - labelled as Lygo. luteopicturatus. Lygo. picturatus typically possesses bold black contrasting bands which extend from the snout to the anterior third of the body. "The overall general color is an animal with a black bold pattern on a whitish, cream or pale yellow head and a greyish body". Your beautiful animals do not have any of these characteristics. A lot of these species are very similar with the definitions between them sometimes based on color pattern. Jon -----Original Message----- From: Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Lipp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: [Gecko] striped cape gecko Hi Listers, > You might want to check out the following links to pictures on the GGA Photo pages. > http://www.gekkota.org/html/l__kimhowelli.html > http://www.gekkota.org/html/l__luteopicturatus.html Hmm, somehow the pictures I have submitted have turned from picturatus to luteopicturatus which is (as far as I know) not a valid name for my animals ... Greg, is this some new information that you took into account? If not, can you please correct it to picturatus? Thanks! > There are several people on the list who keep the above pictured geckos. I have kept > Lygodactylus capensis (Dwarf Cape Gecko) in the past, which are quite similar in husbandry to > diurnal Phelsuma Day Geckos. I can only agree - I kept / keep my picturatus / kimhowelli together with smaller Phelsuma, and it work?s quite well (but don?t put them too moist, they like it a bit drier). > A L.kimhowelli is the one that I own right now. They are really quite beautiful to watch. Will > a striped cape gecko live well in a ten gallon tall terrarium? I have UVB florescent bulb and > a UTH heater for him and provide plenty of tree branches and leaves for him to hide in. I cannot transfer your given size to metric scale, but everything else sounds quite fine - they like Bamboo a lot, eat fruit as well as insects and you can discern a male by the black throat and the hemipenis-bulges. Overall they are hardy, but if it?s a WC I?d go for some fecals ... . Good luck, Hartmut Lipp (Germany) ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
