Matoatoa brevipes on Euphorbia sp.

[danscantle]

They move around spiny plants so gracefully I can't help but wonder if their distribution depends on spiny thickets. By extension, is this why they are so bizarrely shaped?

 

[Bob]

Very nice. Do you keep that plant in your cage? Mine female is still doing very well just waiting for a male. They get bigger than I thought.

 

[clint545]

They move around spiny plants so gracefully I can't help but wonder if their distribution depends on spiny thickets. By extension, is this why they are so bizarrely shaped?

I might have a better answer for you if you were to send them to me for further observation Dan
At the very least post some more pictures of such a fantastic species!!

 

[alecfeldman]

matoatoa

Yes ... those are indeed awesome. I had 4, then 3, then 2, then none. Not sure what happened, they were fine for 4 months, then blamo. They're very cool though. Eat like crazy and look like Ca slender salamanders.

btw - Petco? lol

 

[danscantle]

Very nice. Do you keep that plant in your cage?

No plants in the cage, only for illustrative purposes. I do have a nice clump of dense thin branches in there that they maneuver though effortlessly.

One of my females laid dud eggs over the weekend. Hopefully that's the start of good things come. Unfortunately, I'm going to be out of the country for 6 weeks. I hope I'll come home to see a basket of eggs...

 

[Bob]

Thats good about the dud eggs. My female is getting really big and I can see 2 big white spots on her. But since I don't have a male yet, they wont be fertile. Good luck on yours.