Rare Phelsuma-some 2013 highlights

[mkschaefer]

Phelsuma borbonica borbonica




Phelsuma borbonica (agalegae) mater






Female (after a rough introduction with a male)


Phelsuma breviceps
I had a rough year with them, I hope this year is much better due to some new insights and approaches.






Gravid female. She developed a strange swelling at her tail base shortly before she was due to deposit the eggs. The swelling subsided (evidenced by the loose skin anterior to the tail), but she died shortly thereafter.


Phelsuma cepediana


Adult male








Young male


Phelsuma guimbeaui










Phelsuma inexpectata
Taken in an enclosed room. These are very flighty and extremely fast, so this shot was an extremely unusual opportunity.






Phelsuma klemmeri




Young female


Phelsuma robertmertensi

 

[acpart]

Gorgeous geckos especially the Cepediana. I love the turquoise.

Aliza

 

[lodewijk]

All very nice species,some difficult others easy to keep and to breed,love the brevi's and the colours of cepi and bor. bons.But what about this one has the markings of a bor.bon but is not!

 

[mkschaefer]

Nice one...how about a shot of that animal in different lighting or at another time?

 

[lodewijk]

Time or lightning don't matter it is about the colouration of the sides and the markings on the back,sides have to be green and the markings spots and not connected and in orange!

 

[josua]

pretty, isn't it

 

[Aimless]

lovely Phelsuma! over here we see tons of mad-mads, grandis, and gold dusts which are certainly pretty geckos, but we don't often to see the more rare/unique species. thanks for sharing that nice collection of photos.

 

[mkschaefer]

But what about this one has the markings of a bor.bon but is not!

I was trying to make a joke, but that can be difficult over the internet as I tried to build off your comment above. That is an interesting rosagularis. I'm glad to see you are having such success with the species. Few keep them, but everyone wants to!

 

[mkschaefer]

 

[Tamara]

Realy nice collection, breviceps are very high on our wishlist.

We are curious how you did their enclosure and what plants that you use since they come from the spiny thicket?
We can see the Sanseveria but do you also keep a Euphorbia stenoclada in with them?

Hope you have better succes with them this year.
Greetings.

 

[mkschaefer]

I did not keep Euphorbia in there, but hope to replicate the natural environment in the future. I did keep the male singly in an 45cm x 45 cm x 60cm Exo Terra enclosure and would introduce the females. They can be very quarrelsome and males have killed females.

 

[josua]

... to keep it alive

 

[josua]

... and one more

 

[josua]

... and because I like it even two more ...

 

[josua]

pupil of P. cepediana s. l. sometimes the devil lays in the detail

 

[mkschaefer]

Very nice close-up! Have you had success with Phelsuma barbouri? Great picture!

 

[josua]