everybody's white whale

darth_gecko

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ok ur all probaly gonna ignore this post but............but whats your white whale of the reptile<herp> world? <the gecko/snake/what ever (must be reptile) that you've always wanted and always seemed to go out of you way to find and you'd let your self become bankcrupt aslong as u go one>...mines the frog eyed gecko family i've look and look and looked and i cant find!!

darth_gecko
 

docszoo

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I have always REALY liked Naultinus, but they are too much and I am too inexperienced :( I would not want to go banckrupt though. I also realy like the coleonyx. I dont know, I like all reptilians.
 

miguel camacho!

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i figure most people would say naultinus. they are really beautiful animals. but personally, even though i already have 5 species, id likely bankrupt myself to get every species of uroplatus. but theres also the members of the genus strophurus. never seen one in person, but id reeeeally like one. especially one of the ciliaris subspecies.
 

Hazpat

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Photograph one? Id be happy to just see one, they are more like a Santa Claus than a white whale to me, I wont believe in them until I see one! A friend of mine saw one DOR a few years ago :evil: other than that Ive only seen pics. SNHM has a bunch of specimens but I think they are remodleing now, I plan on going to check them out when I can.

When are you going Nathan? I am going to go out to imperial as much as I can this year more to look for bandeds but I guess I can help you look for switaki :lol: There are also leaftoed geckos in the same area which are more common.
 

geckodan

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Far too many to choose. I can automatically create a white whale by getting a collect permit. A soon as I get the permit issued, whatever the species, they disspear off the face of the earth, reappearing the day the permit expires. I cannot choose from your exotic range , far too many. From my aussies, certainly Carphodactylus and N.wheeleri.
 

Brian

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There's a few things I've seen and wish I picked up. Like a european legless lizard, a very cheap Ornate Uro, was something else as well.
 

darth_gecko

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lol santaclase.. i can still say even out of al the rare geckos my local breeder can get in...he just cant get a frog eyed gecko and i've been after one since i started the hobby<6-7 months ago lol!>
 

the moof

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lol!

uroplatus phantasticus, phelsuma mashoala, uroplatus pietschmanni, ebanavia inunguius, sanzinia madagascariensis, phelsuma linatus, phelsuma mutabilis, phelsuma breviceps, uroplatus ebanaui, uroplatus guentheri, Uroplatus alluaudi
Uroplatus fimbriatus, Uroplatus henkeli, Uroplatus lineatus, uroplatus malahelo, uroplatus malama, uroplatus sikorae spp., spider gecko, ptychozoon, geochelone radiata, geochelone yniphora, Pyxis arachnoides, etc...

i would jsut go bankrupt even if these were easy to get...

regards,
*the moof*
 

Bowfinger

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Coleonyx switaki, Rhacodactylus leachianus leachianus thype C, Carphodactylus laevis, Uroplatus malama, Naultinus spp. and Gekko gecko
 

SDPete

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swataki

Hey Hazpat and Nathan,
Sorry I don't post more ( I will be working on that soon) but I am from San Diego, and have a good group of us field oriented herpers who take atleast weekly trips out to the desert. I have not yet to personaly find a Switaki but this is my year. Look me up!
-Peter
 

herperboy

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Well i guess the most literal of white whale of the herp world would be a leustistic ball python. They are super super expensive, and soooo beautiful.
 
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