Uroplatus lineatus - tails

[hellspawn]

Does anyone have any pictures of a full, intact tail and of a regrown tail? And about how long does it take to regrow the tail to full length? I assume it will be smaller/less symmetrical than sikorae tails?

 

[Tamara]

Dont have a pic of it at hand right now but original tails have a fork like structure at the end, as U. guentheri does.
A regenarated tail looks the same but is round at the end.

 

[the moof]

This is a good shot of an original lineatus tail. And this is a regenerated one. Tamara mentioned the biggest distinction already, but also you can usually tell a regenerated tail because the pattern from the back is discontinued at the break. This can be more or less obvious, varying by individual.
Regrown tails are always a little shorter than the original. I don't know how long it takes for it to regenerate completely.

 

[hellspawn]

Thanks for the pictures! So it seems they have a better capacity to regrow than sikorae. I have a male sikorae whose regrown tail looks comically small compared to the female he was paired with.

What kind of shipping containers do you recommend for lineatus? I have been recommending to vendors to use the cloth bags like used for chameleons, but they seem content on shipping with the plastic cups. I've had now two different uroplatus animals come through shipping that drop their tail after a week due to stress/damage in the container. The lineatus are so long it seems crazy NOT to use a cloth bag.