[luevelvet]

There is always confusion about the source locations of any Uroplatus. Collectors will often not be accurate with where they collected these animals from not to mention the mix up when distributing. Not to mention these all come in as U.henkeli, it makes the whole topic very difficult to sift through. What we do know is there are a few physical differences between U.henkeli and U.aff.henkeli. The number of consistent differences denotes these as a good species that is being looked at closely by a few biologists who feel the same.

We've done a short write up on the difference on the UIC.

Uroplatus aff. henkeli

Cheers!

Luis

[big tom]

Thanks Luis, do you know of anyone working on identifying specific localities? I am hoping that more people with affs will post pictures to help paint a better picture of the diveresity and allow for trait comparisons.

[luevelvet]

Originally Posted by big tom

Thanks Luis, do you know of anyone working on identifying specific localities? I am hoping that more people with affs will post pictures to help paint a better picture of the diveresity and allow for trait comparisons.

At this point, I don't believe anyone is trying to ID specific locales as they haven't described the species as good yet. There simply isn't enough data to tackle the intricacies of delineating the locales yet.

Cheers!

Luis

[big tom]

Luis, do you have any contact with Olaf? I looked at his Flickr photos that described the aff types. Thanks to Armen for this lead. I am just wondering what kind of data he has and if he could share.

[geckomeister]

Here are a few photos of my aff. henkeli. The yellow colour in the "armpits" is there sometimes and not very noticeable other times. Same with yellow/orange in the eyes.









If photos don't show up, try going here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70693293@N02/

[big tom]

Nice pics! I was wondering if these are all female and if you have bred any of these yourself. Was the one with the faint striping on the head (similar to the tongue shot that I posted) bought at the same time as the others or was it produced by your other affs?

[big tom]

Here is the link to Olaf's pic that was so similar to mine.
Welcome to Flickr!

[geckomeister]

Originally Posted by big tom

Nice pics! I was wondering if these are all female and if you have bred any of these yourself. Was the one with the faint striping on the head (similar to the tongue shot that I posted) bought at the same time as the others or was it produced by your other affs?

I have all females. I bought 2 hatchlings from Clint Hill. I was actually looking for for female Nosy Be henkeli, but noticed that they were different once I raised them up. I bought 2 other wc females as well. I ordered a wc 1.2 trio of henkeli, again looking for Nosy Be females to pair with males I had and what I got was 0.2 aff. henkeli and 0.1 giganteus. I didn't complain too loudly : )

The one with a bit of striping is a cb from Clint Hill. The patterns change, some days they look much nicer than others.

Neil

[big tom]

I wouldn't complain either! It seems like youve got quite a mixed bag of uros. I hope that you can pair them up.

[geckomeister]

Originally Posted by big tom

I wouldn't complain either! It seems like youve got quite a mixed bag of uros. I hope that you can pair them up.

That is the challenge, I don't exactly live in gecko-central, getting breeding stock can be hard.

Neil