Some WILD geckos from the West Australian Goldfields.

Nephrurus · #1 10-11-2010, 10:09 PM

I managed to locate a few "rare in captivity" species out on a work trip so I thought I'd include it on here. Since vertebralis has been smuggled out of Australia now, I guess they won't be rare for much longer.

I spent a week working out in the west australian goldfields region. I managed to get out a few nights and find some reptiles, in particular was Nephrurus vertebralis, a target species for me. Yes, it's just the same as a skinny levis, but it's actually a separate species...

Fortunately I didn't drive all that way just to see it, I found some other nice critters as well.
There was other stuff out there. Diplodactylus granariensis and pulcher were relatively common. It was nice to see some fat little Rhynchoedura ornata as well. Found a few Nephrurus milli too.

D. granariensis

R. ornata

D. pulcher

More photos of each species have been uploaded here:
Henry Cook's Photo Galleries at pbase.com under the "recent" category in "profile"

The full report is here:

Field Herp Forum • View topic - Goldfields herpin' (Australian thread).

Cheers!

-H

GeckoHunter · #2 10-12-2010, 12:36 AM

Wow! some amazing photos there!
(I hope you entered one into next year's calendar comp!)

Looks like you had an amazing time in WA.

Nephrurus · #3 10-12-2010, 01:34 AM

I'm still in WA! I'm living in Perth... hopefully this summer I manage to find a few more local gecko species.

-H

oli · #4 10-12-2010, 10:48 AM

wow that's great, thanks

Honey · #5 10-12-2010, 04:28 PM

Beautiful pictures. I looked at your gallery too, lots of interesting critters. You take nice photos.

knobfan · #6 10-12-2010, 05:44 PM

Great share, looking forward to seeing vertebralis available on the marking. Makes me want to get into other aussies other than knobs as well.

gothra · #7 10-13-2010, 10:34 PM

Wow, thanks for sharing those wonderful photos!

empirereptiles · #8 10-23-2010, 11:57 AM

Sweet! Great looking picks! Knob tails are my favorite geckos species!

gecko euphoria · #9 11-11-2010, 10:10 PM

Love all your pics man they rock, wish I lived in such a diverse reptilian wonderland!!!!

siouxie · #10 11-21-2010, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nephrurus

Since vertebralis has been smuggled out of Australia now, I guess they won't be rare for much longer.

henry, always keen to have a go at overseas people, isn't this bloke your best friend? or is it just what he says?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...17/3069019.htm

sioux