Caudal luring ?

Hellemar

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Hi...


I´m quite new to geckos, but I have working a lot with venomous snakes, and some of them (mostly vipers) sometimes do something called "caudal luring", meaning they use their tail to mimic a worm or something to lure prey items into striking distance. Is this behaviour common among geckos too or does it not excist ? I´m not sure, but I think I saw one of my Mourning geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) do some caudal luring before...



Henke :)
 

vierfleck

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Hello,

I have never heard,that geckos do something like that.They move their tails for excitement,when hunting,or to give signals to other geckos,like Pristurus.I often watch it,when my Tropiocolotes hunt,also my Stenodactylus.

regards

Matthias
 

Palex134

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I have witnessed it many times with many species, along with like you mentioned, L. lugubris back when I had a colony.
 

the moof

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lots and lots with Phelsuma and Uroplatus from what I've seen. I agree with Matthias though, I think it's just from excitement in the Phelsuma at least :p Uroplatus move their tails much more than any other gecko's I've spent time with (Which admittedly is not as many as I'd like), constantly using them for communication.
 
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