I think there may be somePhyllurus in the USA, but not many.
Australian stuff is "not supposed to be exported" even though we have a
bunch of bearded dragons and blue tongue skinks here. Perhaps CB
Phyllurus could reach that kind of status here if they are not
endangered and were suitable captives.
Julie B.
Brandon Macy wrote:
this may be a stupid question, but
why can't we? aren't there some breeders working with them?
Brandon
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Re: [gecko]Gulbaru Leaf-tail Phyllurus gulbaru
This is really cool Jeff, thanks for posting! I wish we could keep some
Phyllurus here in the USA.
Julie Bergman
GGA lifetime member
www.geckoranch.com
Jeff Crocombe wrote:
Some
months ago mention was made of a new gecko discovery in Australia. Here
is some basic information & two pics. The pics are scanned in from:
“Gecko Goes Public” UQ News 2003: November, 6.
A new species of Leaf-tailed Gecko has been discovered in a remote area
north-west of Townsville, in North Queensland. Conrad Hoskins- a PhD
student at the University of Queensland first sighted the gecko in 2001
while studying skinks. The Gecko has been formally described as the
Gulburu Gecko Phyllurus gulbaru.
The Gulbaru Gecko is a large leaf-tailed Gecko whose tail is atypically
(for a leaf-tailed gecko) quite long and cylindrical. It is found in
two sub-populations living in rocky rainforest and has a very limited
distribution of less than 14 square kilometres. It apparently has one
of the most restricted distributions of any Queensland reptile and is
threatened by loss of habitat throuigh unrestricted burning.
In 1998 Hoskin discovered the Mt Elliot Gecko Phyllurus amnicola, also
near Townsville; and is also in the process of describing both a new
frog species and a new skink species from North Queensland.
More information can be found in Hoskin’s paper:
C. J. Hoskin, P.J. Couper, and C. J. Schneider, “A New Species of
Phyllurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) and a Revised Phylogeny and Key for
the Australian Leaf-tailed Geckos. Australian Journal of Zoology,
2003:51, 153-164.
Jeff Crocombe
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