Keeping Strophurus together

[Debbie]

We read on multiple websites that it is possible to keep some Strophurus Spp. together in one viv (as long as it's big enough of course).

Isn't there a risk of hybridization when keeping different Strophurus spp together?
Are there people on this forums with experience in keeping different Strophurus species together? We know S. taenicauda isn't the one you should keep with other Strophurus, cause they can be aggressive. But which ones are able to live peaceful with others?

We also saw that some people keep Diplodactylus and Strophurus together.
Since they are different species, hybridization is unlikely to occur, but aren't they territorial? Won't the males of both species fight with each other when there are females present?

 

[Justin]

Diplos and Strophurus are reasonably ok to keep together but I wouldn't recommend keeping any Strophurus together. Several of them will hybridize.

 

[Debbie]

Thanks for the answer.
It's not that we were planning to do so, we always keep species separate. We were just told that some people housed them together and were curious about it.

 

[Lordoftheswarms]

You don't understand a few things:

Diplodactylus and Strophurus are different genera, which is more than just a difference in species, and are probably significantly different enough that hybridization will not occur. There have been hybridizations between genera, it is just much less common than between species within genera. Different species within Strophurus will probably hybridize, and geckos of the same species do not hybridize, if they breed, it will only produce more of the same species.

 

[suez]

I keep Diplodactylus tessallatus with my S ciliaris without problems .I do have large enclosures but they do very together .