I have collected many differen't species of geckos. My latest adventure was collecting G. vittatus and G. ceciliae in Trinidad.
Over 100 G. vittatus were observed but only one G. ceicilia. We also collected a pair of sphaeradactylus molei and a few dozen turnip tailed geckos, Thecadactylus rapicauda.
We found the turnip tailed geckos on old abandoned buildings and a few under leaf litter (palm fronds). The molei were under palm fronds on the ground in a palm orchard by the sea. The vitattus were practically everywere, in wild and edificarian habitats , both under leaf litter and in the open but never higher than four or five feet. They were sometimes in small colonies with a few males and many females. Large egg deposition sites were also discoverd in the rotten out bowels of palm tree trunks. The males displayed various patterns and color arrangements with bright orange or yellow orange heads with orange, yellow, white or black throats. The light stripe down the back was sometimes boardered with yellow or orange. The females were very consistent in their patterns overall, with subtle shading the only difference in their typical Gonatodes pattern.
The G. ceciliae was on one of the outer lying islands and was a bit larger than the vittatus. A female with, again, a very typical Gonatodes pattern.
One other introduced gecko was also observed, T. mabouia.
South Florida has produced an absolute smorgasbord of gecko species.
Back in the eighties we were doing a bottle neck study on the parthenogenetic H. garnoti when we discovered the introduction of H. mabouia on one of the Keys. In the course of this study we also collected , H. turcicus, S. elegans, S. notatus, and G. albogularis. Recent collections have confirmed the continued existance of the above animals and of S. argus, but not G. albogularis.
Others have recently observed G. albogularis, but not our group.
Mexico has given up just a few species of Phyllodactylus , which have not as of yet been identified. One was collected under a bridge in N.W. Mexico and the other in West Mexico in San Blais in a "closed for the night" resturant, made out of bamboo.
Texas has given me a few Coleonyx brevis ,road collecting near Alpine. These were collected after midnight on a famous greybanded kingsnake road.
Our next trips are focusing on Tobago, Belis and The Dominican Republic.
We are also bringing back several groups of Gonotodes vittatus from Trinidad to breed for color pattern inheritance. After it is finished, their offspring may become available.
Phil
Over 100 G. vittatus were observed but only one G. ceicilia. We also collected a pair of sphaeradactylus molei and a few dozen turnip tailed geckos, Thecadactylus rapicauda.
We found the turnip tailed geckos on old abandoned buildings and a few under leaf litter (palm fronds). The molei were under palm fronds on the ground in a palm orchard by the sea. The vitattus were practically everywere, in wild and edificarian habitats , both under leaf litter and in the open but never higher than four or five feet. They were sometimes in small colonies with a few males and many females. Large egg deposition sites were also discoverd in the rotten out bowels of palm tree trunks. The males displayed various patterns and color arrangements with bright orange or yellow orange heads with orange, yellow, white or black throats. The light stripe down the back was sometimes boardered with yellow or orange. The females were very consistent in their patterns overall, with subtle shading the only difference in their typical Gonatodes pattern.
The G. ceciliae was on one of the outer lying islands and was a bit larger than the vittatus. A female with, again, a very typical Gonatodes pattern.
One other introduced gecko was also observed, T. mabouia.
South Florida has produced an absolute smorgasbord of gecko species.
Back in the eighties we were doing a bottle neck study on the parthenogenetic H. garnoti when we discovered the introduction of H. mabouia on one of the Keys. In the course of this study we also collected , H. turcicus, S. elegans, S. notatus, and G. albogularis. Recent collections have confirmed the continued existance of the above animals and of S. argus, but not G. albogularis.
Others have recently observed G. albogularis, but not our group.
Mexico has given up just a few species of Phyllodactylus , which have not as of yet been identified. One was collected under a bridge in N.W. Mexico and the other in West Mexico in San Blais in a "closed for the night" resturant, made out of bamboo.
Texas has given me a few Coleonyx brevis ,road collecting near Alpine. These were collected after midnight on a famous greybanded kingsnake road.
Our next trips are focusing on Tobago, Belis and The Dominican Republic.
We are also bringing back several groups of Gonotodes vittatus from Trinidad to breed for color pattern inheritance. After it is finished, their offspring may become available.
Phil
