My microlepis

Animal34343 · #1 12-17-2008, 12:39 AM

Male:

Female:

I also have a pair of scincus, but they were hiding tonight so I didn't get any pictures of them. I would like to eventually expand my collection into the other species: roborowskii, przewalskii, and keyserlingii.

cliff_f · #2 12-17-2008, 02:01 PM

Very nice man. I want to add a pair of those to my collection this next year.

Animal34343 · #3 12-17-2008, 04:08 PM

I really like them and as soon as I saw them up for sale in the classifieds back in May I bought them. The female partially dropped her tail during shipment, thats why it's a little crooked.

Haroldo · #4 12-18-2008, 09:49 PM

Wish I would've saw them...they would go nice with my group of microlepis here...

Animal34343 · #5 12-18-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Haroldo

Wish I would've saw them...they would go nice with my group of microlepis here...

Just send them over and we'll see how they get along.

Do yours burrow a lot? When I first got these I kept them on deep sand but they never dug like my scincus, so I switched them to less sand with a few hides.

crestedtimm · #6 12-18-2008, 10:17 PM

awesome addition!!!!

I am looking back at having sold all those Geckonia out without keeping any for myself and saying " " well, you could fill that in along the lines of:

I am soooo missing out

Harold, you are totally the first person I call when I get somemore,and then Jacob, so he can add to the ones that I assume are thriving, HUH?

Animal34343 · #7 12-18-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by crestedtimm

awesome addition!!!!

I am looking back at having sold all those Geckonia out without keeping any for myself and saying " " well, you could fill that in along the lines of:

I am soooo missing out

Harold, you are totally the first person I call when I get somemore,and then Jacob, so he can add to the ones that I assume are thriving, HUH?

Yep all three are doing great. I've been getting a lot of infertile eggs lately, so I'm hoping for some fertile ones this spring.

crestedtimm · #8 12-18-2008, 10:45 PM

FANTASTIC!!!!

I trust you will get good eggs, production of bad eggs is the first step, at least proves the female can do it. Fully calcified, or yellow?

I dont know if they require a brumation period, but it would reason to believe.
Im thinking night drops and once they get used to our seasons.

Do you follow our light/temperature cycle here in Central Fla, or you totally manipulating that junk?

And I just noticed today that we are now SENIOR MEMBERS!!!!!

To bring it all back in, I am really liking the pattern on the back of that first microlepis, almost couldnt place the genus, almost said pachy, but my brain filled in the rest before I scrolled down. Seniment to the frequency of our having seen this species.

Haroldo · #9 12-18-2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Animal34343

Just send them over and we'll see how they get along.

Do yours burrow a lot? When I first got these I kept them on deep sand but they never dug like my scincus, so I switched them to less sand with a few hides.

Well since I have more, it seems more sensible to send yours here for an extended holiday

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Mine do burrow quite a bit, but I provide 3-4" of washed playsand and keep one side moist. I use plastic plant saucers for hides.

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Originally Posted by crestedtimm

awesome addition!!!!

Harold, you are totally the first person I call when I get somemore,and then Jacob, so he can add to the ones that I assume are thriving, HUH?

I'd appreciate that Timm...could defintely use some more stock.

Animal34343 · #10 12-18-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by crestedtimm

FANTASTIC!!!!

I trust you will get good eggs, production of bad eggs is the first step, at least proves the female can do it. Fully calcified, or yellow?

I dont know if they require a brumation period, but it would reason to believe.
Im thinking night drops and once they get used to our seasons.

Do you follow our light/temperature cycle here in Central Fla, or you totally manipulating that junk?

And I just noticed today that we are now SENIOR MEMBERS!!!!!

To bring it all back in, I am really liking the pattern on the back of that first microlepis, almost couldnt place the genus, almost said pachy, but my brain filled in the rest before I scrolled down. Seniment to the frequency of our having seen this species.

Fuly calcified shells with yolk inside. It's kinda hard to have brumation periods when it's the middle of December and we have temps in the 70s and 80s. I basically follow the light cycle, just a couple hours later, since I'm not getting up at 6 to turn the lights on.

I see them as being close to Stenodactylus in looks. I know that there are two different subspecies of microlepis, but I'm not sure what the differences are.