[lee-travis]

how big do T. keyslingii get? and do they have similar environmental requirements to other teratoscincus?

many thanks

[cindy]

Hi there,

Hhmm, I've never actually measured them... I believe mine are about 13 cm long, from the tip of their nose to the end of their tale. But I'm not really sure to be honest!
I only own a couple of Teratoscincus scincus, but now other subspecies. Sorry!!
Kind regards,

Cindy

[Animal34343]

Originally Posted by cindy

I only own a couple of Teratoscincus scincus, but now other subspecies. Sorry!!

I think you have a pair of T. keyserlingii, not T. scinus. Here is one of my T. scinus for comparison:

[cindy]

Hey, I believe your right!! Cause mine look a bit more yellow than the one in the picture!! Do they only differ from color, or ar there more characteristics that makes the differance??

I've bought my couple from people who where no longer interested in them anymore, and they told me that the little one was a female, and the biggest one was the male. They didd'nt know there age, or anything. Just that they bought them at a reptile show, and that they where "frogeyed geckos".
Well, a couple off days ago my Will turned out to be a female and vice versa! Becauce "he" laid a egg...
Thank you so much for your info,
Kind regards,

Cindy

[Sourri]

Hi,


MY experience is that both T.keyserlingii and T. scincus can vary very much in coloration WITHIN their species but it is quite easy to distinguish between both.

But I never had a female that was smaller than a male in T. keyserlingii as well as in T. scincus.
I had males that had the same size as the females (yes, males can have larger heads and so on but no considerable difference in size) and I also had smaller males but no smaller females.
So I think that's why your "male" has laid some eggs.

Well that's only my experience maybe someone else experiences something else.


I have pictures of some of my animals here so maybe it can help you out:



left: T. scincus female
right: T. keyserlingii male





left: T. scincus female (largest one I have)
right. T. keyserlingii female





left: T. scincus female
right. T. scincus male





left: T. keyserlingii female (gravid)
right: T. keyserlingii male (smaller than female)





left: T. keyserlingii female (gravid)
right: T. keyserlingii male (same size as female)

[Sourri]

Ok I did not see your other posts until now, but like it was already said before, you definitely have a pair of T. keyserlingii.


@lee-travis

I keep T. scincus, keyserlingii and roborowskii all quite the same. They need adequate temperatures and a wet hiding place and during breeding season females also do need lots of calcium.

[cindy]

Thanks Sourri!! That last picture that shows a gravid female Keyserlingii looks exactly like "Will" did, in the last week before he laid an egg! I just thought he was getting a bit fat, but never considered the possibility that 'he' was probably a she.
Kinda stupid, is it?!
I am already so used to their names, that I just leave it with that. The most important thing is that I now know that Will is actually a Grace, and Grace is actually a Will
Is there also a character difference between scincus and keyserlingii?? Because these two are really funny, gentle animals that step up my hands willingly and never try to bite. But I've read that they are usually very defensive, so I'm a bit confused about it.
Thanks for showing me the foto's, It helped a great deal!!
Kind regards,

Cindy

[Sourri]

Hello Cindy,


in general I would say that my keyserlingii are more "calm" and "gentle" compared to the Scincus. Both species are very curious but they don't like to be touched anyway and if I need to "grab" them they also try to bite sometimes. Especially gravid females can be very aggressive.

May I give you an advice? As you also can see on my pictures tails get very thin when females are gravid because they need lots of their reserves for producing eggs.
I always separate females from the males in the last third of gavidity so they can lay eggs in peace and gain weight again after that.
If you have the possibility to seperate them it would be perfect but at least you should feed "Will" more now and give her enough vitamins and minerals.


Regards
Siri

[tanala]

great photos!
any eggs yet?

[Sourri]

Originally Posted by tanala

!
any eggs yet?

Yes, 4 Keyserlingii eggs, they look fine until now , the Scincus clutch was bad unfortunately