Surprise H.angulatus.

combichristina · #1 09-22-2008, 03:43 PM

Imagine my surprise! I was taking out the trash about two weeks ago and saw a tiny little lizard scurry across my kitchen floor. I got it into a container and noticed it was a gecko with an orange tail! Sorry I don't have any pictures of it yet, it's such a fast mover! I wonder how it even managed to get in the house....

PassPort · #2 09-22-2008, 03:53 PM

nice, I've got 2 juvies riht now that I hatched about a month ago. I didn't realize these had been introduced to Florida. Very cool geckos!

combichristina · #3 09-22-2008, 04:03 PM

As far as I can tell through the research I've done they're not very widespread yet, which added to the cool factor.

PassPort · #4 09-22-2008, 04:32 PM

let me know if you want a few more.....

danscantle · #5 09-22-2008, 07:46 PM

Are they angulatus, or juvenile turcicus?

PassPort · #6 09-22-2008, 07:50 PM

are you asking me or her?

mine are 100% angulatus, I produced them myself from LTC adults

cuthach · #7 09-22-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by PassPort

let me know if you want a few more.....

Christina and I would happily take more of them .. if you are providing the setup as well LOL.

We are all out at the moment. Right now Hemi is living in a critter keeper until we can find something more suitable for him/her.

PassPort · #8 09-22-2008, 09:25 PM

as hatchlings I keep them in tall deli cups with screen lids and fake plants. when they're a bit bigger they will be moved into a small critter keeper and then into an exo-terra breeder box. when they out grow that they'll be transferred to a 5 or 10 gallon tank. at least that's what I've done in the past for similar species.

combichristina · #9 09-24-2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by danscantle

Are they angulatus, or juvenile turcicus?

I'm fairly certain that it is H. angulatus. He/she looks just like PassPort's pair. That bright orange tail is pretty singular isn't it?

danscantle · #10 09-24-2008, 10:34 AM

Yes, that orange tail is pretty distinctive for the angulatus clade. I would feel more comfortable seeing photos of your animals - although if they look like the photos there's no sense in arguing. I do not believe angulatus (formerly brooki angulatus, brooki haitianus, and haitianus) has been reported from Florida, and Jacksonville strikes me as being too far north for a stable population to develop, unless they have done a good job colonizing houses and other artificial structures (this has enabled turcicus to venture as far north as Maryland).

I caught a few bona fide angulatus last month in the Dominican Republic, and the habitat was HOT.