Hemidactylus brookii(?) angulatus

vierfleck · #1 02-12-2007, 07:05 PM

Hello,

just some pics.

my male:

the female:

some offspring:

I love them

regards

Matthias

Starrynightexotics · #2 02-12-2007, 07:57 PM

Those guys are gorgeous Matthias, definitely different to what I have.

vierfleck · #3 02-12-2007, 08:53 PM

Hello,

i saw them in a petshop,they were delivered as african house geckos,the workers in the shop recognized,that this is something different and sold it as "Togo-Gecko",named after the country.In a german forum,they recognized this gecko as H.brookii angulatus.

I think,this geckos are really gorgeous,but most of the people dont recognize it.Its not coloured and not from Australia,but i love the cryptic pattern.They are very shy,i see them twice a week.I have a cork tube in the viv,most of the time,they live in this cork tube.Every 3-4 weeks in the breeding period,i take out the tube and shake it carefully,so that the eggs can roll out.

regards

Matthias

Palex134 · #4 02-12-2007, 09:12 PM

congrats on such a good buy! They are stunners! Some of my favorite geckos lack the colors which other gecko species have. Dont get me wrong, I love the colorful Phelsuma, but I also love the dull and brown Lepidodactylus lugubris.

They are gorgeous, and nice job on all the eggs!

vierfleck · #5 02-12-2007, 09:35 PM

Hello,

@Peter: Phelsumas,it doesnt matter which one,are amazing.I still have Mad grandis and worked with Ph.dubia and Ph.breviceps. And there are some australians,man,i would give a less important bodypart of me(little toe)

But when you go to shows to sell your CB animals, the people wont pay 25€ for are young and healthy Tokay,no parasites etc.They rather buy a WC,pay a lot to the vet,IF they go there.Imagine,what the viv cost,and they discuss about 5-10€.The same with the brookiis,at the end,i sell them for 15€,if someone wants them.

regards

Matthias

Tariq Stark · #6 02-13-2007, 06:21 AM

Stunning animals! Great to hear/see you're so succesfull with this species!

Tariq

sune jensen · #7 02-13-2007, 05:21 PM

I love those geckos. Truly rare species, if you ask me.
(it doesnt have to be expensive to be rare - and it doesnt have to rare to be expensive)

Sune

vierfleck · #8 02-13-2007, 10:37 PM

Hello,

thanx to all,i tell my Hemis you like them

@Sune: You´re completely right.I dont work with these geckos for the money. I saw them and fell in love,thats all.

regards

Matthias

**thorrshamri** · #9 09-14-2009, 01:18 AM

Sorry to "dig out" an old subject

I am just back from Terraristika Hamm and bought 1:2 H. brooki supposedly coming from Eastern Africa, possibly Tanzania according to the seller. So it should be H. brooki angulatus. But my animals do not look like Vierfleck's photos at all. I will post pics this week in a future new thread, this would be interesting to compare and also to get the correct ID on both cases -Vierfleck's geckos and mine.

**thorrshamri** · #10 09-14-2009, 01:25 AM

Vierfleck, to me your geckos look more like members of the Pachydactylus Genus, probably of the tigrinus group- tigrinus, affinis or capensis. Yours have the typical dorsal white and black tubercles and circled eyes, they look like pics of the aforementioned species in Johan Marais and Graham Alexander's book "Reptiles of Southern Africa" Struik Publ. 2007