Cnemaspis sp. (elgonensis?) and africana

[Starrynightexotics]

Cnemaspis sp.

C. africana

 

[tanala]

wow that first species looks so excellent, i want to have some. Where do they come from. From where did you get the term algonensis? I found no species with that name; its just a tradename?
Here's what the EMBL database lists
http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/search.php?submit=Search&genus=Cnemaspis*]

* Genus: Cnemaspis

Search Results

Species found: 50

* Cnemaspis affinis Stoliczka 1870
* Cnemaspis africana Werner 1895
* Cnemaspis anaikattiensis Mukherjee, Bhupathy & Nixon 2005
* Cnemaspis argus Dring 1979
* Cnemaspis assamensis Das & Sengupta 2000
* Cnemaspis barbouri Perret 1986
* Cnemaspis baueri Das & Grismer 2003
* Cnemaspis beddomei Theobald 1876
* Cnemaspis boiei Gray 1842
* Cnemaspis boulengerii Strauch 1887
* Cnemaspis chanthaburiensis Bauer & Das 1998
* Cnemaspis dezwaani Das 2005
* Cnemaspis dickersoni Schmidt 1919
* Cnemaspis dilepis Perret 1963
* Cnemaspis dringi Das & Bauer 1998
* Cnemaspis flavolineata Nicholls 1949
* Cnemaspis gigas Perret 1986
* Cnemaspis goaensis Sharma 1976
* Cnemaspis gordongekkoi Das 1993
* Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer 2002
* Cnemaspis indica Gray 1846
* Cnemaspis indraneildasii Bauer 2002
* Cnemaspis jacobsoni Das 2005
* Cnemaspis jerdonii Theobald 1868
* Cnemaspis kandiana Kelaart 1852
* Cnemaspis kendallii Gray 1845
* Cnemaspis koehleri Mertens 1937
* Cnemaspis kumpoli Taylor 1963
* Cnemaspis limi Das & Grismer 2003
* Cnemaspis littoralis Jerdon 1854
* Cnemaspis modiglianii Das 2005
* Cnemaspis nairi Inger, Marx & Koshy 1984
* Cnemaspis nigridia Smith 1925
* Cnemaspis occidentalis Angel 1943
* Cnemaspis ornata Beddome 1870
* Cnemaspis otai Das & Bauer 2000
* Cnemaspis permanggilensis Grismer & Das 2006
* Cnemaspis petrodroma Perret 1986
* Cnemaspis phuketensis Das & Leon 2004
* Cnemaspis podihuna Deraniyagala 1944
* Cnemaspis quattuorseriata Sternfeld 1912
* Cnemaspis siamensis Smith 1925
* Cnemaspis sisparensis Theobald 1876
* Cnemaspis spinicollis Mšller 1907
* Cnemaspis timoriensis Dum�ril & Bibron 1836
* Cnemaspis tropidogaster Boulenger 1885
* Cnemaspis uzungwae Perret 1986
* Cnemaspis whittenorum Das 2005
* Cnemaspis wynadensis Beddome 1870
* Cnemaspis yercaudensis Das & Bauer 2000

 

[sune jensen]

I agree that the first species is absolutely awesome...
Sune

 

[Starrynightexotics]

A friend helped me ID it using a book of his, as soon as I get a chance to talk with him again Ill post the title! I have no idea what they are quite honestly, only that theyre too big to be dickersonii and dont have tuberculated tails from what Ive read, and according to my friends resource algonensis(???) is the only other species within the range they were supposedly collected. I do know theyre a very welcome addition to the collection. Thanks for the compliments.

 

[Starrynightexotics]

The book was Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, and I misheard him over the phone, its elgonensis!

 

[tanala]

thanks for the info. How do you keep them? In the book mentioned it is said that this species comes from montane and evergrenn forest at 1200 to 2200 m.

regards
Sebastian

 

[Starrynightexotics]

I keep them cool (on the floor, no UTH, but a 15 watt spot is on during the day.. ambient temps around 70-72, small hotspot of around 80 they can easily access or leave)and moist with a dry side to the terrarium, lots of ground cover and some climbing furniture. So far so good, they eat like pigs and the females have already produced a few eggs from wild pairings.