I have noted the same thing with R leachianus. Head waggling along with vocalisation. Sometimes my males whole body trembles in this context. The first time I saw the trembling behaviour I got really worried and thought that the animals was really sick. His whole body shook, trembled and shivered as he approached the female but as I opened the tank he stopped. I've seen this behaviour many times since, depending on how.. "aroused" he is He'll eighther waggle his head or do a waggly dance for the female as he approaches her. I'm not sure it's directly linked with courtship tho, at least I haven't observed mating right after the waggling. In my animals the waggling is also accompanied by vocalisation but these don't occur simultaneously, normally the vocalisation starts shortly after he stops waggling. Vocalisation occurs much more often than head or body waggling in my animals. In my animals the waggling is not associated with territorial behaviour I think. My pair mostly roam around together in their tank, they're a harmonic pair and often maintain body contact while sleeping during the day.
regards obeligz msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] )/_ �� �������������� _.--..---"-,--c_ ���� ������� \L..'���������� ._O__)_ � �� ,-.���� _.+� _� \..--( /��������� ��� �� `\.-''__.-'\ (���� \_ ��� ����� `'''������ `\__�� /\ ���� ��������������� ') -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P� vegne av Julie Bergman Sendt: 15. juni 2004 18:57 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: [gecko]Head bobbing I see the head waggling in Phelsuma a lot. It is just one of their territoriality/mating behaviors. Usually the head waggling is accompanied by vocalizations. Julie B. JCLoucek wrote: >I can't recall seeing strictly head bobbing, but I have observed >distinct body language of a "jerking" nature in some phelsuma that >could obviously be tracked back to territoriality. > > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [gecko]Head bobbing >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:44:00 -0400 > > > >>A question arose on a chameleon list refering to head bobbing in >>lizards. >>Has anyone noted this behavior in geckos? >>I can't recall seeing it ever. >> >> >> >>Lyle Puente >>President- Global Gecko Association >>http://www.gekkota.com >> >>My Brothers Banned >>http://www.purevolume.com/MyBrothersBanned >>http://www.mybrothersbanned.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > > _______________________________________________ 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
