Head shaking behavior?

[wimpy]

Occasionally my male L. Laticauda will shake his head side to side 3-4 times at the female. Any idea what this means? I don't see any aggresion at all between them. I did a search and didn't find any info.

Thanks

 

[Geitje]

Normal, routine, ritualistic breeding behavior that is exhibited by nearly all Phelsuma species, and some Lygodactylus species and others. Normally exhibited by males; whereas females will respond with exaggerated licking (into the air).

Also exhibited by some drunken humans during despertate courtship maneuvers.

Latta,

Jon

 

[android1313]

^ :lol: ^
Wimpy, What other species are you working with?, and where'd you pick them up? I have been trying to get a hold of a pair of Gold Dusts, or at least a few neonates, and haven't had much luck.
Shoot me a PM neighbor!

 

[wimpy]

PM

PM'ed you

 

[SarkkaS]

I have witnessed similar head-shaking behavior with L. mombasicus (reclassification of the white-headed dward gecko, previously a mix-up/synonymity of L. picturatus, L. luteopicturatus and the subspecies of L. picturatus).


-Sale

 

[Lilly_97]

I have seen the same behavior in my phelsuma klemmeri, both the male and female do it. I see it most often when one of them sees the other one, it seems to be some kind of a greeting. I remember the time when i first introduced the male, they did it all the time for the first days together.