Here is the difficult part. I have seen T. mauritanica advertised as a croccodile gecko. I had one for a while that I bought from a pet store. I did the research to ID the animal. Certainly most people would not have.
My first guess on a wall gecko was something in the Hemidactylus genus. In other words, becoming familiar with all of the common names may be a futile endeaver. Maybe we need to put together a gecko buyer's guide. How we would distribute it is anyones guess. Preston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Colacicco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [gecko]Misinformation - what can we do about it? > hello, > > I've come to realize that it is hopeless to expect anyone but the most interested to know or regonize a latin name. Most dont even know there is such a thing as a latin name, especially when books are using common names. As gekkophiles, if we are to want to help novices understand the keeping and care of geckos, i feel it our responsibility to be aware of the common names in the "pet trade". For example > Wall Gecko in most circumstances is a Tanentola. More specifically a Tarentola mauritanica, which is a fairly easy gecko to keep. In a perfect world, pet shops would have care sheets, locale info, and informed sales people. But they dont, so if we are going to openly call ourselves gecko enthusiasts, i feel we need to know both sides of the trade. Just my two cents. > Best wishes > > Frankc > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! > http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
