I hate to be the fly in the ointment here, but the Texas Banded Gecko does not live within even a 3 hour driving distance of the Dallas area. Secondly, Texas banded geckos have very exacting requirements in nature, and one that is not easily duplicated inside of an office builidng. Thirdly, all Hemidactylus have claws - with even some non-US species being terrestrial in habits. Lastly, IF you do in fact have Coleonyx brevis (from an office building in the Dallas area), rest assured that the animal was an escaped specimen from someone's terrarium within a few hundred feet - highly unlikely, but I guess anything is possible. I should also add that presently there are no known waif species of Eublepharine geckos anywhere in the world - but, who knows? Perhaps you've unearthed some relic Coleonyx population in the Dallas metro area:-)
Hemidactylus turcicus is very well established in the Dallas area, with animals routinely found all over the metro area, in a number of environmental conditions. Is your animal capable of climbing glass or walls? Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ariana Belcanto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [gecko]Anyone have experience with Texas Banded Geckos? > Thanks so much guys!! Got some great info. > > I'm sure it's not a house gecko...it has little claws like terrestrial > geckos (if i'm using that correctly)... movable eyelids, etc. It looks just > like a tiny leopard, but even smaller than I've seen pictures of hatchlings. > He seems to be doing great so far- thanks again!! > > > >From: Beverly Erlebacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [gecko]Anyone have experience with Texas Banded Geckos? > >Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:05:46 -0400 > > > > > From: "Ariana Belcanto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:18:26 -0400 > > > > > > A few days ago my husband found a tiiiiny (two inches long MAYBE) little > > > gecko in his office. He managed to catch it and we now have it in a nice > > > set-up. I originally thought it was a leopard gecko, since it looks just > > > like one (we have had leos in the past) but it seems much smaller than > >one, > > > and a little darker. Someone ventured that it might be a Texas Banded > >Gecko, > > > which would make sense since we live in Dallas (although according to > >what I > > > have seen these geckos live further west and south than that). I haven't > > > been able to find a good care sheet on those, since they aren't usually > >kept > > > as pets I don't think. > > > >There are at least two non-native geckos that have become established in > >Texas: the Turkish or Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) > >and a little middle eastern gecko without a standard common name, > >Cyrtopodion > >scaber, formerly Cyrtodactylus scabrum.. If I've got the Latin names > >wrong, > >I hope somebody will correct me! > > > >If your gecko doesn't have moveable eyelids, it isn't a Texas banded gecko. > >If it can climb vertical smooth surfaces, like glass, it's probably a > >Turkish house gecko. Otherwise, it's likely C.scaber. > > > >There are probably pictures of these geckos on the GGA website > >(www.gekota.com). Let us know what you figure out. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > _______________________________________________ > 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
