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My male Ptenopus has been barking at me all summer long. It doesn't matter if the lights are on and I'm in the room feeding, he lets loose with his staccato call... if you haven't ever heard one, it's startlingly loud. I took a few pics of my male the other night, along with an unsexed one I...

These guys have a well deserved reputation for being delicate. I picked up 2.2 WC H. africanus a couple of months ago. I lost 2 of them quite quickly. These 2 looked to be in a little better shape initially, and seem to be doing OK for me so far. They're pretty hard to monitor as they spend...

This microgecko from the sand dunes of Northern Africa officially takes over the title of "smallest gecko" in my collection. Not only are they small, but they are very slightly built geckos. They are reported to be a very non-aggressive species, so I plan on creating a community tank for my...

I recently bought a 1.3 group of WC Stenodactyus geckos being sold as Stenodactylus mauritanicus (reported to be imported from Libya). Knowing that this group is well known for being misidentified, I knew it was very possible that they would turn out to be Stenodactylus sthenodactylus. While...

I know many people associate the Hemidactylus group of geckos with the oh so common house geckos found all around the world, but it is really an extremely diverse group with many very unique species. I recently picked up 2.2 of these small geckos. They're alert, inquisitive, and rather...

Picked up a breeding pair of Pachydactylus rugosus recently. They've been on my "most wanted" list for quite some time. I love the texture of the scales on these guys. The female is gravid, so hopefully I'll have some little ones later in the season.

My male rangei was looking especially pink and colorful the other night, so I grabbed the camera to get some better pics for my website. I've wanted to capture the unique eyes of this species for a while, and finally got around to it. Overall, this is a really cool species both in terms of...

Here's a couple of U. milii fresh out of the incubator. For the last couple of years I've sold all the milii I've produced, and I was thinking of phasing out of this species to make room for some others, but these are the last 2 eggs I had in the incubator for this year, and I realized I'd...

I received a couple of juvenile Homonota geckos yesterday. I've been dabbling a little more in some of the "new world" gecko species recently, and the rough, spiky skin of these geckos appealed to me. They've got really long tails also that they like to carry semi-erect. It doesn't seem like...

I just added a juvenile male Coleonyx elegans to my small group. Hopefully I'll be producing some of these next year. I usually don't disturb my established animals for pics, but I've gotten in the habit of at least taking a few pics of new animals as I unbox them as they come in. Here's a...

First a little background. A couple of years ago I bought some Diplodactylus galeatus from a reputable breeder at a show. Two juveniles were sold to me as probable females, and one slightly older one was sold to me as a male. I raised the 2 "females" together in one tub, and the male in a...

Since I brought home several different species, I thought I'd go ahead and post here in the "other" category rather than making multiple posts. As a gecko enthusiast, I love the unique and different in the gecko world. I think I'd get quite bored if I kept a lot of geckos of the same kind, so...

Here are a few pics of one of my female Cyrtodactylus peguensis peguensis. Gorgeous, rare, and very cool geckos. I've had a couple for almost a year now. Now I just have to find a male to go with my 2 ready to breed females. edit... wow, those thumbnails are really tiny. Click for a nicer...

Newest additions to the collection... a trio of P. androyensis. A couple of years ago I was trying to find this species and it was nearly impossible. Now, there's a few popping up here and there, so I though I better grab a few before the cycle spins again and they once again become impossible...

Anyone care to share their special techniques for capturing / transferring / photographing, etc... their tiny and ultra-fast geckos species? I've got some Rhoptropus that I swear just teleport themselves from one spot to another. It wouldn't be so bad if they were strictly terrestrial, but they...