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SnakeyJay
07-28-13, 02:38 PM
hey everyone, im normally a snake/boa guy but recently i've become more and more interested in cave geckos and their subspecies.

It started with a single Hainan cave gecko (G.Hainanensis) and shes been producing eggs, 5 eggs since april. This spurred me on to find her a mate, which i hope i did today, as i've just got a young G.Hainanensis (too young to sex).. fingers crossed.

They're a great species (with 13 sub species) to keep although very shy and don't really do well with handling.

Here is a few pics of my adult female and young unsexed Hainan cave gecko (adult female is the lighter one)
SnakeyJay
07-28-13, 02:39 PM
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smy_749
07-28-13, 02:40 PM
Cool species. These are different locales correct?
Aaron_S
07-28-13, 02:41 PM
My personal experience is with the G. Luii

Very cool geckos that aren't seen often anymore. Well done with those!
SnakeyJay
07-28-13, 02:43 PM
And now my new Goniurosaurus Luii... unsexed again at the moment but s/he looks stunning all the same... Here's a couple of pics of this one i snapped before now letting them settle..
SnakeyJay
07-28-13, 02:58 PM
Smy, theyre all cave geckos. The top 2 light n dark are the same sub species... They lighten up with age.

The G.luii is a separate sub species..
SnakeyJay
07-28-13, 03:00 PM
My personal experience is with the G. Luii

Very cool geckos that aren't seen often anymore. Well done with those!

Cheers mate, I got a Luii too :D. Yes they are very cool.. So entertaining to watch and quite ferocious in their feeding for such a small gecko. :)
SnakeyJay
07-29-13, 03:27 PM
Unfortunately my new Hainan died.. The breeders have refunded me the money but I'm still gutted. He was a cute little guy and I set him up exactly the same as my adult female. They blamed it on stress :-/
dbassa
07-29-13, 03:50 PM
Those are some crazy cool looking geckos:)

Sorry for your loss...good luck with them.
smy_749
07-29-13, 03:51 PM
Unfortunately my new Hainan died.. The breeders have refunded me the money but I'm still gutted. He was a cute little guy and I set him up exactly the same as my adult female. They blamed it on stress :-/

He seemed a bit on the skinny side from the pics you provided no? Same thing happened to one of my neph amyae. Shipping can suck sometimes