More hatchlings - C. pubisulcus

WildEyeReptiles

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145 days, and more on the way:

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Bowfinger

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I was just curious if they where similar to any other Cyrtodactylus, or had any unique behavior not seen in the others.
 

WildEyeReptiles

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They burrow sometimes, which is rather unique. There is marked sexual dimorphism, males have red eyes with red/green bands circling the iris, while females have green eyes with red/green banding. Males are markedly smaller as well and have more pronounced yellow raised scales on the flanks. They dont appear to tail lure/wave like the larger species, and are not inclined to climb much. Otherwise, they are rather comparable.

I'm curious to see if the eye color of the neonates is going to be a reliable gender determining tool as well.
 

sikorae

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Haven't seen these before, very interesting to hear about the sexual dimorphism, would love to see a pic of the adults with close ups of the eyes.
 

WildEyeReptiles

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Afelinus said:
I know someone that has an extremely high yellow male,I think its male.Its definately Pubisulcus. 8)

Well lets see it! There is a pronounced hemipenal bulge of course, in this species. The iris bands dont really fire up all the way until night, particularly on the males.

Females:
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Male:
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WildEyeReptiles

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I've been back and forth on this pair being different species, but its incredibly unlikely given the length of time since import- which rules out retained sperm theories....
 

kenya_1977

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Yes, we did collect a male pubisulcus on the trip. It was actually a gecko that Marcus spotted about 15 feet up in a tree out on a branch over a stream.. so although they might burrow during the day.. this guy was poised out on a branch about the width of your thumb.

I've only got one shot of this guy right now, and it's not really showing off his colors like he was the night we collected him. I'm going to give him a little while before I really take some shots.

Nice yellows on those females.
-Crystal
 

danscantle

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I was in Sulawesi last fall with a group of people collecting for MVZ. We captured tons of C. jellesmae along side streams on boulders or on the adjacent vegetation. This species appears to be closely allied with streams. We also captured what is likely a new species on a dry creek bed on Jampea Island.

jellesmae is a really cool species, almost all the populations have tremendous variation in patterning - plain, mottled, striped, partial stripe, reverse stripe, banded, stripe and banded... The best place to find them is along side the many small bridges that cross mountain streams.

I mention them because these species are similar in size an shape to pubisulcus, and if Marcus found some alongside a stream that makes them seem even more similar.
 

WildEyeReptiles

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Well, based on my observations of sexual dimorphism in these animals, looks like all the babies I have right now are female except one of the pubisulcus. Kinda sounds like TSD to me...
 
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