"Giant form" U.phantasticus

Seva · #1 07-08-2011, 05:28 PM

I have a question for all keeper U.phantasticus ... What are the largest specimens you've seen? What was the total length of the U.phantasticus, which you kept (or keep right now,). I asked about the so-called "giant form" U.phantasticus.
Thanks !

SynnAndVenice · #2 07-08-2011, 11:14 PM

((ignore this, misread :P ))

miguel camacho! · #3 07-09-2011, 12:07 AM

^the OP is asking about phantasticus, not fimbriatus.

TheGeckoPad · #4 07-09-2011, 10:13 PM

I'd like to hear more about the "giant" phantasticus....

Seva · #5 07-12-2011, 05:49 AM

Sorry, but I understand that no one has such animals. Some time ago I had seen pictures of "giant" U.phantasticus Olaf Pronk, but unfortunately did not specify the size and locality. We have one female WC "giant" U.phantasticus (13cm). When she made the first clutch (last year), I got two baby is also very large (12-13cm), but they both turned out female. The rest of the offspring resulting from it was more shallow, because it is mated with normal male. Now I am doing a search for "giant" male U.phantasticus.

Robin Skrumsager · #6 07-13-2011, 02:23 PM

Seva, I think I remember a danish guy "NP" had a male giant phantasticus,, but couldent locate females. cant remember if he sold him, or still keeps him tough?

Jody Ettema · #7 07-14-2011, 05:37 AM

Very interesting! I have a solo male which is believed to be also a 'giant form'. I will try to measure him more accurately. Perhaps there are posibillities for breeding efforts. I will also try to post some pictures of him.

Seva · #8 07-14-2011, 08:09 PM

Jody and Robin, thank you very much for your valuable information!
... Jody and it would be very good if you measure the male and show some pictures, if you is not hard ..
Thank you!

TheGeckoPad · #9 07-14-2011, 08:45 PM

This thread reminds me of the rumors of a "giant" population of Vietnamese black-breasted leaf turtles, Geoemyda spengleri. I'm interested in all leaf mimics, not just gecko leaf mimics! I finally asked the herpetologist that supposedly found this population and he never recalled any such expedition encountering these larger specimens! There are definitely distinct populations, and in my opinion the Chinese form were generally much larger than the Vietnamese form. Now with U. phantasticus this would be interesting to know about a certain locality that attains a greater size. I would like to see photos and I'm also interested in photos of the tails. Do the tails look any different than "normal" phants?

Jody Ettema · #10 07-15-2011, 05:42 AM

the tail of the male that I have is shown in my avatar, looking more like the tail of a female, though I have seen smaller males with similar tails as well.