A couple of other geckos

[danscantle]

File these under miscellaneous Sphaerodactylidae.

Aristelliger lar from one part of the Dominican Republic.

And from another part.

 

[Geckos and Goannas]

Very neat! the first is my favorite! are they yours?

 

[danscantle]

They are destined for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, eventually.

 

[PassPort]

i hate you.....

j/k, lar are one of my dream geckos!

 

[Sgvreptiles]

I hate you too for some of your anoles you got. Should share some of thouse!

 

[danscantle]

A few more misc. sphaerodactylids.

^ Teratoscincus roborowskii, female.

^ Sphaerodactylus savagei, female.

^ Sphaerodactylus savagei, male.

^ Sphaerodactylus callocricus, male.

 

[PassPort]

cool

 

[danscantle]

One more misc. sphaerodactylid.

^ Sphaerodactylus leucaster, male, on dead Agave. Yep, those are vertically elliptical pupils.

 

[Sgvreptiles]

Wow. very nice. Are there more Sphaerodactylus with these pupils? Are they fully nocturnal? or still diernal

 

[danscantle]

Seems to be nocturnal...

Sphaerodactylus from very dry areas are probably only active at night or dusk/dawn (crepuscular) when the temperatures are more agreeable. Leucaster lives in a desert complete with cacti and succulents, and I can't imagine these things lasting more than 15min in the open.

 

[PassPort]

What region are they from? A nocturnal Sphaero from an arid region sounds fascinating. I'm just now starting to look into these interesting little geckos.

 

[yellowman]

what island did you take these pictures on?