Photos of my WC desert banded (Coleonyx variegatus variegatus)

[desertanimal]

I really should have taken photos of this little girl when I caught her in June (she's legal, if you care--I have a hunting license), but I had no idea she'd blossom so in captivity. She transitioned over to roaches really nicely, which is good for me because I won't raise crickets and don't want to buy them all the time. I have never before kept an insectivore, but have found that I rather enjoy it, and I have an entire small B. dubia colony just for her. Actually I enjoy the roaches themselves, but anyhoo . . . . I haven't yet worked on taming her down for handling--I'm just happy to have her eating what I want her to eat! She has really fattened up and colored up since I caught her. She had no fat reserves in her tail when I caught her, and she wasn't nearly as yellow as she is now. I love that she is really a BANDED banded gecko. Don't get me wrong--I like the spotty ones, too (I think they're all adorable), but I think she's especially beautiful. Now that she's eating reliably out of a small petri dish, I believe I'll start thinking about setting up a more naturalistic enclosure for her. Ok. That's it for the gushing. Here she is.

 

[Lizardman]

Really nice looking gecko. I'm sure you will enjoy her.
She seems to be in really good condition for being WC.
Good luck with them and hope they are doing well for you.

 

[acpart]

She looks great. I got a pair about a month ago (CB) and had to give the male some TLC since he was pretty thin but he's plumped up nicely. I can't decide if I like the more banded ones or the more spotted ones. I've got 1 of each.

Aliza

 

[hexentanz]

Beautiful! I love her blue eyeshadow.

 

[Kelentari]

She is very pretty! ;-)

 

[desertanimal]

Thanks all! Yeah, Aliza, it's hard to choose favorites when they're all so cute, huh?

 

[meisen]

Gorgeous! These have been on my radar for a long time (since seeing pics of them in the golden guide lol), probably going to do nothing about that for another decade but wow, such awesome animals.

Good luck with her!

 

[desertanimal]

Thanks! She seems to be doing nicely and I'm very pleased! On the lookout for a nice boyfriend for her . . .

 

[desertanimal]

The girl left me something this morning (I think). She looked skinny when I fed her tonight so I checked the laybox. Now to research incubation conditions, and then I sure hope, if I can incubate little ones successfully, that I can get them on roaches easily! First things first, though. Incubation.

 

[gecko euphoria]

She beautiful, where did you catch her? She does look great for a wild caught!!!!

 

[desertanimal]

Thanks! I caught her in Phoenix mountain park.

Those eggs went moldy, but I don't mind. Better luck next time, maybe. Or better luck when she has a mate living with her!

 

[geckofactory]

That is a beautiful girl for sure, but just because she's looking healthy doesn't necessarily mean she's not got any parasites. Did you let your vet check a scat sample yet? That would be the very first thing to do with a WC gecko. But I don't want to lecture you all the way, very stunning pattern and those are some nice pictures as well! I'm glad to see some high resolution ones instead of the blurry stuff I have to deal with all the time. Be sure to keep us updated on her!

yours,
Fabrizio

 

[killagecko]

need banded geckos

hey my name is antonio i ran into this site and i knew it was for me i was wondering if there is any body out there that is willing to sell me banded geckos im going crazy trying to find find a couple of different ones

 

[killagecko]

would it be possible that you kno any one that is sellin a couple of them