South American Geckos

[Reptiluvr]

Can anyone tell me the genera from South America. The only ones I am aware of are Briba (monotypic), Phyllodactylus, Gonatodes and Sphaerodactylus. I know there are also a few Hemidactylus including the exotic H. mabouia. What other geckos are there? Why is it so many snake species are imported but I have never seen South American geckos imported? Anyone have insights?

 

[Starrynightexotics]

Phyllopezus, Coleodactylus, Lepidoblepharis, Psuedogonatodes, Homonota, Aristelligar (may be strictly Carib., cant remember off the top of my head), Gymnodactylus, Im sure there are a ton Ive missed here.

 

[tanala]

Thecadactylus is one of the imported ones

 

[Palex134]

ooo I am a sucker for South American Geckos, I need to keep an eye on this thread.

 

[Gekkotan]

Two species of Lygodactylus and the monotypic Bogertia also.

 

[Reptiluvr]

I've never actually seen Coleodactylus, Gymnodactylus, Pseudogonatodes or Lepidoblepharis. Anyone have pictures personally? Does anyone know if these genera get imported?

 

[bugman426]

The Reptile Database

Theres a pic in there of pseudogonatodes.

Just google the others and youll find pics.

 

[Gekkotan]

Gymnodactylus, Briba and other are rare as Brazil does not allow legal exporting of these species. I just dont know how to explain why some small amazonian wide-spread species like Coleodactylus and Lepidoblepharis are rare, because Suriname woud export them. Maybe the search for them is too low, or they are so common there and the price would be ridiculous.

 

[danscantle]

Briba = Hemidactylus. Recently synonymized.

 

[yuri]

Part of the problem is getting the exporters to get their hands on these. I was talking to someone about bringing in some rarely seen geckos from Suriname and apart from paying the exporter to add them to their shipment, finding someone who knows what to look for is the problem. There has been some talk of getting herpetologists doing field work in the right areas to catch some geckos specimens and then arrange with an exporter to ship them out. Yo can imagine the logistical nightmare. But it seems to be possible. Try hard enough and it will happen.