[Heppy]

Anyone know the difference between Gekko ulikovskii, Gekko auratus and Gekko petricola. I have had a pair of golden geckos for about a year and im still not sure if there the same species. I always presumed there were ulikovskii, but the female doesn't seem to grow or put on weight its much slender with an elongated head. Pics to follow.

cheers

[PassPort]

Originally Posted by Heppy

Anyone know the difference between Gekko ulikovskii, Gekko auratus and Gekko petricola. I have had a pair of golden geckos for about a year and im still not sure if there the same species. I always presumed there were ulikovskii, but the female doesn't seem to grow or put on weight its much slender with an elongated head. Pics to follow.

cheers

Gekko ulikovskii is whjat you have. They were being imported in decent numbers before they were even scientifically described, so there's been several names for them. 'Auratus' was the most common "trade name" (meaning not an official scientific name) for ulikovskii until they were officially described about 15 years ago. Some importers still list them as 'auratus.'

Gekko petricolus is an entirely different gecko that looks somewhat similar to ulikovskii. These, however, have not been imported in over 10 years to my knowledge and even then were not imported in very large numbers. Very few keepers are working with them now (myself included) and they are quite rare. Every once and a while ulikovskii are listed as petricolus on an import list by mistake.

I hope I answered your questions.

[Heppy]

Cheers thats cleared that one up.

[crestedtimm]

You could still follow up with some pics....

Timm

[Heppy]

Bit late but i requested heres the pics

[holocaustto]

Beautiful.
I really these Geckos...