Collecting Tucson Banded Geckos

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Coleonyx

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I want to get 3.3 tucson banded geckos this april in tucson, arizona,or near there, for breeding. Is there anyone who has had any experience there searching for these guys? I went last year, in the summer, with no luck. I am hoping april will be better. It was really wet when i last went. I did see rattlers and horny toads, and tons of tarantulas though!!
If you don't want to give that info away publicly, you could pm me

Thank you sooo much,
Alex :D
 
Hazpat

Hazpat

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I have gone looking for these in sd

bandeds are best to look for in may, they are out in april but your best bet is to go road crusing in may.
the best conditions are, if it has been over 100 f 3 days in a row and there is no moon. in borrego springs on a good night you could find 6.6 easily, one night I saw about 20 maybe more, im sure its no diferent in tuscon.

good luck!

Pat
 
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Crazy Jimmy

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Hi Alex,
I visited my cousin in Tucson, AZ many many years ago, and he found a mating pair of them during the summer in a very sandy dried up wash by flipping over rocks. The area was very sandy, not hard sand, but fine soft sand good for burrowing, and there was some sparse vegetation and many medium sized rocks. They really didn't burrow down that far, just a few inches under a 8" by 8" rock. The wash was right behind his house in his neighborhood and was miles wide and extended for miles long. I don't remember the exact location though, but the geckos were very beautiful. They were that lighter peach phase with sparse, ultra-light brown lines, no bands really.

Good luck, and look out for the rattlesnakes!

Joe
 
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optikwhite

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I sent you a PM, but as it is pretty warm down this way(Tempe), I was planning on going out this weekend and the following weekends. I hadn't planned on heading down towards Tuscon until around April 21 when I will be heading off to Sierra Vista, but as it is only about a two hour drive, I might be able to look around and if I come across any then I'll corral them up and keep them around for you. Well, after I collect a few for myself, that is.

Nathan
 
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