Gehyra vorax

easytiger · #1 09-27-2010, 11:31 PM

Just thought I would share pics of my ~9 month CB Gehyra vorax male. I have a CB female as well but she is very flighty, where as the male is borderline leopard gecko mellow

The bottom pic is him on the day I got the pair and the top is him a month later.

PassPort · #2 09-28-2010, 12:39 AM

nice marginata

easytiger · #3 09-28-2010, 01:01 AM

It has brown eyes, which I am pretty sure is indicative of G. vorax.

Sascha · #4 09-28-2010, 01:19 AM

Hello Mike,
this is not true Gehyra vorax from Fitschi. I think it´s G.marginata, baliola etc.

I will post some pics (must be first scan from slides) of true Gehyra vorax found by F.W.Henkel in the 90`on Fitschi island.

kind regards
Sascha Svatek

easytiger · #5 09-28-2010, 01:42 AM

That would be very much appreciated Sascha! All the pics of Marginata and Oceanica I have seen look very different from these guys, unless it is a different locale, morphotype, etc...
The most info I have been able to gather on any of these species have been from outdated articles from various zoological publications via JSTOR, and even then it seems G. vorax is just an umbrella term used for a cluster of house geckos found in the Fiji/Vanuatu. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

PassPort · #6 09-28-2010, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by easytiger

It has brown eyes, which I am pretty sure is indicative of G. vorax.

It's in captivity, which I'm pretty sure is indicative of it not being vorax.

True vorax are larger than marginata and typically have colors of orange/red in them from what I've been told. They are found only on Fiji and Vanuatu to the best of my knowledge. Fiji doesn't allow the export of it's wild life and to the best of my knowledge Vanuatu does, but no one ever seems to actually be able to bring in a shipment. I'm not sure why the trade name vorax ever was used, I guess it just sounded cooler.

Good luck with properly identifying these guys.