New Photos...

[AnthonyC]

I just snapped a few photos over the weekend. I've got lots of eggs due to hatch, so I figured I should probably take some photos before things get hectic around here.

Enjoy. :)


Orange & Cream Harlequin/Fire - Adult Female
I don't know whether to call this a Harlequin or not. Personally, I wouldn't think of her as a Harlequin, but according to the Rhac book, she is technically a Harlequin because of the patterning on her legs. I guess it just doesn't stand out since it's light orange on a dark orange background. Oh well...I like her.
http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_orange_cream_female_032604.jpg

http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_orange_cream_female_032604-2.jpg



Pastel Yellow/Orange and Slate Harlequin - Subadult Male
This is the guy in the picture I labeled "STRETCH" a while back.
http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_mack_male_032604.jpg

http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_mack_male_032604-4.jpg




Harlequin (or Fire) - Unsexed Juvie
This one looks very similar to how the one above looked at this age.
http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_brad_harlequin_032604.jpg





Cream/Yellow and Tan Fire - Unsexed Juvie
http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_brad_light_032604.jpg





Orange Dalmatian/Tiger Cross- Unsexed Juvie
I'm not sure how this one will turn out. It's dalmatian spots are barely noticeable now, but they do get darker with age. I don't know how the Tiger pattern works, but right now it's barely noticeable. All I know is it's getting brighter by the day. :)
http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_uno_032804-2.jpg




Partial Pinstripe - Unsexed Juvie
http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/crested_repdep_pinstripe.jpg

[little_dragon_]

I really like your website. Your reptiles look really heathly.

[CDN-Cresties]

:jawdrop: Your collection of cresties is amazing!!!!

[DNA Reptiles]

Hi Anthony...those are incredible cresteds that you have!! Your camera work is excellent too...out of curiosity which digi do you use?

Andrea

[ChokeOnSmoke]

awesome
I love the first one, its flanks look almost pinkish

[TheRedDragon]

Great looking cresties, I especially love your Orange Dalmatian/Tiger Cross juvie. :)

[AnthonyC]

Thanks, everyone for the kind words. :)

Originally posted by DNA Reptiles
Hi Anthony...those are incredible cresteds that you have!! Your camera work is excellent too...out of curiosity which digi do you use?

Andrea

Andrea, thanks....the camera is a 5MP Canon Powershot G5 with a Samigon FRL-1 Macro Ringlight.

Those pics were all taken in a hurry and almost all of them are out of focus, but the camera really is capable of producing some awesome shots. Here's a good one I got of a Gargoyle the other night.

http://www.acreptiles.com/geckos/Gargoyle/gargoyle_ghost_032404-2.jpg

[Ducksarefun]

I LOVE the cream/yellow Tan Fire!! Wowie!! All of your cresteds are always gorgeous

[HerpHannah]

i love love love all your herps you have shown on this forum!!! I have never seen Tan Fires before but i will keep a look out for them!!!
Happy Herping!!!
HerpHannah
xxx

[HeatherRose]

Awesome pics....I really like your website too ....it makes me think of how much work I still need to do on mine!

:D

[AnthonyC]

Originally posted by HerpHannah
i love love love all your herps you have shown on this forum!!! I have never seen Tan Fires before but i will keep a look out for them!!!
Happy Herping!!!
HerpHannah
xxx

Hannah, I just realized you're in the United States and that I can actually sell you a gecko. lol

I have one baby that looks to have the same exact color as the one above did when it was that age. I really do think it will end up having the exact same color, but I can't make any promises. It's still a young animal and it's still got a bit of that baby orange on it's back.

Anyway, I'm asking $65 for it. Here's a pic...just let me know if you're interested.

http://www.acreptiles.com/avail/avail_ciliatus/CG1A.jpg

[AnthonyC]

Oh, and yes, the veins running through it's eyes are red. They look odd, but I don't know if they'll stay that color.

[Ducksarefun]

cuuute :) you really need to get set up to ship to Canada!

[AnthonyC]

I wish I could. Doug Healey was talking about receiving shipments in Washington or something like that, but I don't know when he wants to do that.

[drewlowe]

Some VERY nice cresties you have there, I may have to take a 4 hour trip to KC when i get more room.

Jamie

[AnthonyC]

Jamie,

You're in St. Louis? Wow...with all these Canadians (now, I'll duck), I thought I was the only normal person here. (now I am really ducking) lol - Just messing with all of you Canadians!

KC is actually not even that far from you. It's more like 3 hours...2.5 in my car if I don't get stopped. lol - I go down to St. Louis quite a bit and I drive through there all the time.

In fact, I've got some reptile friends down there. I just did the show there in January too.

You should try making it to the KC Herp Society show sometime. The last one (two weeks ago) was loaded with Rhacodactylus....there were several Leachies, several Cresteds, tons of Gargoyles and even a few Chahoua. We also have some breeders that bring really really nice Corns, Leos and Beardies.

[drewlowe]

AHHHH you had to say Gargoyles didn't you!!!! LOL There are several speices of geckos i want but i honestly don't have the space for them right now, me and my man rent out a 2 room basement so we're kinda cramped right now with all the cages we have setup.

There is one more person from missiouri on here he posts in the venomous forum all the time.

Which st. louis expo did you do the one sponsored by the St. Louis Herp Society (machinest hall) or the one for Jim from A.R.C. I haven't went to one recently because the last time my boyfreind had to basicly pull me out of there cause i was drooling over one of the ball pythons. We are going to Jim's next expo at the end of May (just because it's right after my b-day.)

Does the KCHS have a website i can check out???

[AnthonyC]

We did the show at Machinest Hall...by a Target, I think. It was actually in St. Charles, if I remember correctly. All I know is that it's put on by Patrick from Saurian Enterprises...they breed dart frogs.

The guy from St. Louis that I know is into retics, but he keeps some venom too. He's a fellow moderator over at the Bob Clark forums. There's actually a number of Missouri people over there.

Yep, the KCHS has a site...designed by myself, actually. http://www.kcherp.com

Don't mind the opening page. It was the old site and we've got it set to forward to the one I did until we can get the domain name straightened out.

We (The KCHS) are actually going to be down in St. Louis a few weekends from now to get a behind the scenes tour of the STL Zoo's Herpetarium.

Oh yeah...I just remembered, I'm supposed to be talking to the guy (Jim) that runs the other St. Louis show today. One of my website clients referred him to me for some work he needs done.

Small world, huh? :D

[AnthonyC]

BTW, You don't need much room to keep Cresteds or Gargoyles. I keep all of mine in plastic boxes. My breeding groups (up to 1.3 adults) are kept in 58 quart (24x16x12) Sterilite containers, which you can get for $4.00 at Wal-Mart.

[drewlowe]

The Zoo heh, Which currator is taking you on the tour??? If it's Jeff Etting your gonna have a great time!!! Last time i went there Jeff, my man, and myself had a 2-3 hour talk on naturalistic setups and parasites jeff really knows his stuff. The Herpetarium and the Big cats are my fave... Oh and you have to check out the new penguin exibit i hear it's a good one.

Yep machinest hall is by target out in st. charles (but i still consider it St. Louis), i thought the herp society set them up, but i could be wrong, i don't really pay to much attention cause it's all on the animals. Jim's just recently started doing shows again (since mid last year). Last time i talked with him he said he's going to start doing 4 shows a year. The last one i went to was PACKED (last sept.), that's the one were i wanted a ball python.

Do you know anyone in the area that makes some good rack systems??? LOL that's the only way i think i could even think about it.

[AnthonyC]

Jamie,

Yep...it's Jeff. Jeff is a heck of a guy. He and I can go on forever talking about all the vipers and arboreal pythons, etc.

I just realized something. Nobody else here gives a chit about anything we're talking about. lol

I'll email you.

[sketchy4]

cool pics!

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Hey Anthony! BEAUTIFUL STUFF!

Also, i noticed your cages are rubbermainds with the snap tops, correct? They have the little grey pieces on each side that slide in and out to close or open the cage? Well i just got a couple of those for $15 each. They are 56.5L. What size are you using? How do you heat them? What is the ventilation? I love them already and i have yet to put anything into them! I'd love to know what you do. Also, You have egg crates in there, how do you keep them from not become moldy or falling apart with high humididty? Thanks!

Chris

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

LOL, sorry for double posting, but i just read the second page(i posted after reading the first page only) and you say you use 58 quart boxes? Mine are 60 U.S quarts and still not 2 ft long? But have the same height and width. Also, you said they were sterilites? Mine are rubbermaids and there were othere sterilites beside them but i saw no sterilites like these? Anyways, Thanks.

Chris

[AnthonyC]

Chris.

The Sterilites are model 1858. They're $3.97 at Wal-Mart. I use put them in a rack. The photo you saw was an old breeder setup from about 6 months ago.

The whole idea with the egg crates is that when they get moldy, you throw them away...not because they're pretty. :)

It talks about egg crates right on my website...you should read that section. It and the article that I have a link to will answer most of the questions you've asked and have yet to ask.

BTW, Cresties don't need high humidity. One light spraying per day is fine. You have to let it dry out during the day or you'll end up with a moldy cage and sick geckos.

-Anthony

[sapphire_moon]

Does anyone know how much those white gargoyle geckos generaly run? Those are amazing! Does anyone have a full body pic of one?

[AnthonyC]

There is no "general" price because like I said, they're rare. By rare, I really mean hard to find. Breeders charge what they think they're worth, depending on the individual animal...and there's usually always someone willing to pay it.

Depending on the pattern, the color of the pattern and the intensity (the less visible the pattern, the better) of the "ghost appearance" they can range from $200 all the way up to $400 or even $500.

This one has a very feint orange and yellow striped pattern that is very rarely even visible. Since orange striped Gargoyles are fairly uncommon and ghosts are even more uncommon, this one is pretty unique. That puts it on the higher end of the spectrum. On the lower end of the spectrum, there are ghosts with a more noticeable black or brown normal (marble) pattern.

Here's a body shot for you.

http://acreptiles.com/geckos/Gargoyle/gargoyle_ghost_032204-2.jpg

Hope this answers all your questions. :)

[Tim_Cranwill]

That one rocks, Anthony! :)

[sapphire_moon]

georgeous! Yes it does. Now are gargoyle geckos and crested geckos the same? What about eyelash geckos and crested geckos. I read somewhere where they kept interchanging the name and it confused the crap outta me.

Also since your a breeder :) do you have any pics of a simple set up for a baby/adult crested. I really love their looks and want to start some research on them. If not I understand.

You have some amazing cresteds!

[AnthonyC]

Thanks guys.

Gargoyles are not the same as Crested Geckos. Gargoyles are R. auriculatus and Cresties are R. ciliatus.

Check out my website. There's some info on there about cresteds and a link to a good article.

[ChokeOnSmoke]

Hey Anthony how long till you breed that fellow? Is the ghost morph a single recessive gene trait or is there two. I dont know if that really made sense but you know how with ghost corns they are both hypomelanistic and anerythristic.

[AnthonyC]

Andy,

It's just a little guy. I think it hatched last August, so it's got another 6 months if it's a male...another year if it's a female.

I don't know how the gene works. They say the striping is fairly dominant, but the ghost gene is more complicated.

I don't really work with many Gargoyles. I've produced a few, but nothing serious...I just like keeping a few nice ones around because I enjoy the species.