Most Common Lygodactylus

[Harvey]

Hello-

I have been searching around this area for a while but it seems that only lyogdactylus williamsi comes up. The only other ones that come up are Lygodactylus picturatus and lygodactylus kimhowelli but they are only talked about very rarely. Does anyone know of other common kept species of Lygodactylus? I'm very interested in this species and would like to know more about them.

Thank you

 

[thorrshamri]

There are many species in this genus, all diurnal and of small size, they are very fast critters. luteopicturatus is another species we see now and then in Europe. On either side of the pond, apart from williamsi which is the "fashion victim" inside the genus, you will find kimhowelli and picturatus as WC for rather low prices, as for other species, my guess is that some species have a very restricted range and may be difficult to obtain, or as they are dull-colored for many of them, hobbyists tend to ignore them. Anyway, GU is the place where breeders will answer, as we have the best specialists worldwide on all gecko genuses here

 

[hexentanz]

There are many species in this genus, all diurnal and of small size, they are very fast critters. luteopicturatus is another species we see now and then in Europe. On either side of the pond, apart from williamsi which is the "fashion victim" inside the genus, you will find kimhowelli and picturatus as WC for rather low prices, as for other species, my guess is that some species have a very restricted range and may be difficult to obtain, or as they are dull-colored for many of them, hobbyists tend to ignore them. Anyway, GU is the place where breeders will answer, as we have the best specialists worldwide on all gecko genuses here

According to Dr. Beate Röll Lygodactylus picturatus and Lygodactylus luteopicturatus are the same gecko and should be referred to as Lygodactylus picturatus only.

 

[Harvey]

So that means there's really only three species of lygodactylus that show up commonly in the trade? I have herd of lygodactylus angularis for sale on a couple of sites. Could this be a real sp. or a miss identification.

 

[thorrshamri]

According to Dr. Beate Röll Lygodactylus picturatus and Lygodactylus luteopicturatus are the same gecko and should be referred to as Lygodactylus picturatus only.

Any paper reference please?

 

[hexentanz]

Any paper reference please?

It's in her "Zwerggeckos" book. Zwerggeckos: Lygodactylus: Beate Röll: 9783937285160: Bücher Almost a whole page discusses it.

 

[thorrshamri]

Thanks a lot, I am in contact with her and will ask her this paper

 

[mikew1234]

From what I've seen, the only two commonly available are williamsi and kimhowelli. Even finding those is difficult though. A pet store locally attempts to help me out regularly finding certain animals I'm looking for showed me their three wholesale lists, and only one recognized even those two. The others had lygodactylus ssp. On their lists.

 

[Supreme Gecko]

some Lygos

I have been luck enough to start keeping L. kimhowelli, L. capensis, and L. angularis. They, as well as the Gonatodes are becoming some of my favorite geckos.
L. kimhowelli

 

[Harvey]

What do L. capensis and L. angularis look like?

 

[mikew1234]

I think agularis are more brown overall. Not as flashy as the other species. I'm not sure about the other as I've never seen them.