Shocking discovery re my Uroplatus fimbriatus

[AngiN]

So I took my fimbriatus out into the garden to sit on one of their branches and get a little natural UV whilst I took a few photographs. The males colours changed within minutes of me taking him out to beautifully contrasting light greys with almost black. After a few minutes I took him in and brought the female out. She was dark brown whilst inside and within two minutes demonstrated the most dramatic change I have ever seen inany lizard, she changed to very pale grey with dark patternation. But that wasnt the discovery! She got excited and out popped hemipenes!!!!!!!

Yes, bloody hemipenes!!!! ARGH, no wonder they never produced eggs or mated. So the larger male as I will now refer to IT as has no bulges so to speak of, unlike my other male - which is obviously why it was thought to be female. On closer inspection there is a tiny, tiny bulge, barely visible at all.

So I am now on the look out for two females, lol. Photos to follow

 

[UrbanJungles]

That contrasty color change is usually what they do when they are extremely stressed out, I can always tell when a fresh import fimbriatus is going to die because they will usually turn these fantastic contrasty colors a few hours before they die, not that this is the case with yours.

Are you sure you saw hemipenes? I do believe females may possess some sort of musk glad but I may be wrong....

 

[D.B.Johnson]

I have also noticed the dramatic color change with the dark black speckling, but only when they are being disturbed too much during daylight hours.

 

[miguel camacho!]

you can coax the most extreme of colors out of many uroplatus by simply placing moist moss in a deli container and leaving them in there for roughly 15-30 minutes.

thats how i managed to get some of the best colors out of my animals for past photo contests.

 

[Graham_s]

you can coax the most extreme of colors out of many uroplatus by simply placing moist moss in a deli container and leaving them in there for roughly 15-30 minutes.

thats how i managed to get some of the best colors out of my animals for past photo contests.

I find that my uroplatus tend to go very greyish, black and contrasty when the UV is switched on and they are out in the light.
My guentheri loves being out in the light, and he has some amazing contrasing patterning during the day.