Tarentola gigas

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Leland

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Here is a photo of an adult male T.gigas. Weighing in at 90grams, this guy is among some of the larger geckos species i've encountered over the years. He is massive, you are seeing only about 1/2 of him here. The milkcap is there to help in seeing his size.
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herperboy

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How do you go about getting one of those guys? They look awsome. I love Tarentola in general...kinda sad i traded my helmeted gecko.
 
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danscantle

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good observation Palex. Helmeteds, for one things, are a Tarentola species. They used to Geckonia, but that arrangement makes Tarentola paraphyletic (phylogenetically uniformative). Additionally, Tarentola and Chondrodactylus bibroni (formerly Pachydactylus) are both part of the same radiation of geckos. Tarentola is more basal (towards the root on a evolutionary tree) than Chondrodactylus.
 
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Leland

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Helmeteds are awsome geckos to work with. I bred them a couple years ago and I had a lot of fun with them. I am going to be getting more as soon as the opportunity presents itself. T.gigas are very nice geckos. I like them a lot. Hopefully i'll do well with them this year.
 
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Leland

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Palex,
Are you talking about the T.gigas? Or the helmeteds. Helmeteds are strange, they can breed with or without a brumation. I never needed to use brumation to get my helmeteds to breed. This is my first year working with T.gigas.
 
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Tariq Stark

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Very nice Leland! An aquatance of mine also keeps them, their great! Do you have a picture of their (his?) enclosure?

Tariq
 
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