Phelsuma guimbeaui

[mkschaefer]

Hello,

I recently acquired three more young Phelsuma guimbeuaui from an individual on another forum (Another big thank you, Mark). I began working with this species last year when I obtained some geckos from Jpmarcel and acquired some more from him this year (Thank you!). I have found some individuals to be quite bold, but most are very shy. I will try to get some recent pictures of my adults and better pictures of the young animals with my good camera, instead of the cell phone camera. I hope to chronicle the color and pattern change this species undergoes as they mature.

13-14 week old individual...appears to be a young male!

2.5 month old...appears female, but may be too young to tell

7 week old...appears female, but may be too young to tell

 

[daggekko]

WOW!!!! How many do you have now???? That is awesome that you landed so many of them:yahoo:

I'd love to see the color change chronicle too. Maybe by next year I will be breeding and hatching out this species as well!!

 

[colinmelsom]

Strange that you say about their boldnesss.I find them very showy in comparison to cepediana and inexpectata.I think that they are my favourite species.

I questioned why they have a dramatic colour change from a German breeder.Apparently in the wild the young live on the trunks of trees and hence are grey/brown whilst the adults live in the canopies and are therefore green.

 

[markpulawski]

Glad they showed up in good shape Matt, my pair has been pretty productive. I will post some cage and adult shots when I figure how, the site keeps denying my post when I add the links.

 

[mkschaefer]

Adam,

If all guimbeaui are the actual sex they presently appear, I should have 3.6.

 

[daggekko]

Wow that is fantastic:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

I can't wait to get my little girl back from Leann. And I hope she is sucessful getting some good eggs from her too!!!!

 

[mkschaefer]

Starting to turn...

I was feeding geckos and this one jumped into the cricket cup, grabbed a cricket, and jumped onto my hand. I snapped this picture as it swallowed it and I was able to place it back into the enclosure without any further disturbance.

 

[mkschaefer]

I am hoping to start taking pictures with my nice camera instead of my cell phone all the time!

 

[daggekko]

Only problem with the nice cameras is that they typically don't fit into your pocket and when a good photo opportunity presents itself I tend to find my good camera is in the other room. Thanks for sharing more photos!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Matt ~

Nice sequence above! You are really quick with that cell phone :biggrin:.

 

[markpulawski]

The cage on the left is the one with Guimbeaui pair, the one on the right houses a pair of Cepediana. There is a similar cage set up now housing several babies.

 

[daggekko]

Mark and Matt, the 3 babies I got from Mark recently are all doing great! I get to see mine every day which is awesome because I really thought they would hide more.

Matt, do you have any new photos of the color changes going? I'll have to try to get some more photos myself as mine start chaning. If the orange around the vent on the babies signifies male, I think I definately got one too!!

Mark, do you have any baby cepediana yet? How many baby guimbeaui do you have now?

 

[markpulawski]

There are 5 babies in the cage now after pulling your 3 out, as your's were getting bigger I was worried about harrassment so my trip to Atlanta was timed well. The Guimbeaui lay on the snake plant and on the brom leaves, when I know they are close to hatching I just move the whole plant into the baby enclosure and let them hatch out.
So far no Cepediana eggs, I only got my female a couple of months ago but the pair has settled in nicely, it may not be until spring that she starts to produce.

 

[colinmelsom]

. If the orange around the vent on the babies signifies male, I think I definately got one too!!

Interesting,I have never noticed this.My young have a white underside and both sexes as adults are yellow.

 

[mkschaefer]

I will try to get some pictures up. My adult males and females both have orange/ yellow coloration as well. I'll take a look at some of the young ones.

 

[daggekko]

Here are a few photos of one of the P. guimbeaui I got recently. This one is about 3.5 months old.
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002 by daggekko, on Flickr

003 by daggekko, on Flickr

005 by daggekko, on Flickr