Nephrurus sphyrurus

aquapimp

aquapimp

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I had a single male for a while, Jerry. He was "on loan" to me, along with some joint Nephrurus projects. VERY cool animal, lived about a year under my care. He was quite obviously an older animal upon arrival. We never were able to secure any more specimens. :sad:
 
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warren63

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These guys are rare in Australia collections, only seen them held in one collection, but various people do have them. Love to get some myself.
 
F4n4tic

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I have contacted an Australian naturalist in order to get to know some facts:

"Hi,

I've seen your pics of the Nephrurus sphyrurus. Are you only the
photographer or also a breeder?
Are some gex available? Do you export to the European Union?

Best Regards,

Christian

Hi Christian,


Sorry, but I am a naturalist.
I only take Pictures and document Lizards in Queensland.
If you were ever in Australia, I would be happy to tell you where I saw this Gex.
It was the first and last one I have seen in 25 years, I would call that very rare.

Cheers kell."


Please consider the environment before printing this email."
 

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kelln

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Hi Christian,
I have decided to join this Forum because I have a lot of Photographs of Australian Geckos and other Lizards to offer.
 
rhacoboy

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That is a very cool specie! Sort of looks like a mixture between a nephrurus and an aussie leaf tail, would love to see some of these being kept in U.S. collections.
 
F4n4tic

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@ Kelln:

It's great that you have joined this forum! I promise, they all will love you when you post your pics!!! :)

@Rhacoboy:

I thought the same when I saw them for the first time... a little bit curious.
 
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womma

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hey guys i used to keep them but had no luck with breeding them, after a few years with out them i finally got some more and could not be happier, just love them they are a great gecko but need to be kept alot cooler than most other nephrurus.
here are some pics.
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will post up some more soon.
 
DDReptiles

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Here's a few crappy pics I got of one when I was down in Australia:

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I've heard of a few floating around, never knew anyone working with them stateside.
 
kelln

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I have noticed a lot of Lizards eating their own freshly discarded skins.
This one looks quite tame, doesn’t seem to have that wild look in its eye.
Where as in my Pictures it looks angry with a threatening pose.
 
F4n4tic

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Not all, e.g. my milii, wheeleri and amyae don't eat its discarded skins. In your picture they look aggressive... with the possibility of a "squirt" as you mentioned. :)
 
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willbenn

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this is probably off topic but why are underwoods now being called nephrurus? isn't the latin meaning of nephrurus "knobbed tail"? i thought the main reason diplodactylus were seperated out was because the latin meaning "double toe" didnt apply to the species that went to the new genus? im confused :?
 
red-ink

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willbenn said:
this is probably off topic but why are underwoods now being called nephrurus? isn't the latin meaning of nephrurus "knobbed tail"? i thought the main reason diplodactylus were seperated out was because the latin meaning "double toe" didnt apply to the species that went to the new genus? im confused :?
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It's the otherway around mate, they use to be classified with the Nephs but have now been given their own classification with Underwoodisaurus. Either or is fine as long as you put milli or shyrurus in the end (unless your writing a scientific paper then you'll have to use the current taxa).
 
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willbenn

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thats what i thought but i've seen a lot of people calling them nephrurus lately. thought maybe i missed something regarding them being classified solely as nephrurus again. thanks for the info!
 
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