Sub-family Diplodactylinae anyone?

[Sean_.E.]

Just wondering who here keeps or has kept/worked with geckos of the the sub-family Diplodactylinae (I know theres a few of you out there, especially with Rhacs). If you happen to keep any, please reply to this thread (especially if you have pictures)!

Genera of particular interest include: Diplodactylus, Strophurus and Naultinus but please post if you have ANY geckos of this sub-family!

Currently, I only keep 1.1 Northern velvet geckos (Oedura Castelnaui) . I plan on breeding them when I aquire some more adult specimens.

Here's a couple pics of my female (please excuse their low quality, they do her no justice):

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/182Female_Velvet_Gecko_01_small_-_December_7_2004_-med.jpg

For size comparison

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/182Female_Velvet_Gecko_02_small_-_December_7_2004-med.jpg

Sean E.:D

[Manitoban Herps]

Awesome, I love velvets, these have retractable claw correct? :)

I only keep leos, AFT, skunk geckos, tokays, viper, house, and crocodile geckos, neither are from that family..sorry...

[Sean_.E.]

Nope, these guys dont have retractable claws. You must be thinking of Homopholis (fasciata I believe?). Although these guys are often called "African velvet geckos", they are completely different (from a different sub-family), still cute little guys though!

[Sean_.E.]

Wow, only one reply and no pics!?!? Come on, I know plenty of people keep Rhacodactylus and many other genera! So post some pics!:p :D

[DragnDrop]

I've got Rhacs - auriculatus, leachianus and of course the mandatory ciliatus. Lots of pictures in my gallery if you want to see some.
Years ago I bought what was supposed to be a Bavayia sauvagii but it turned out to be a misidentified Hemidactylus of some sort.
One of these days I'll get some Oedura.

What I'd really like to get is Holodactylus. They're not in with the Diplodactylinae, but they appeal to me too. Trouble is they're still too tricky, I don't feel I'm good enough with geckos yet to tackle them.

[Sean_.E.]

Too bad about the misidentified geckos!

I agree with you about Holodactylus. They're a really neat species but a bit too tricky (for me).

[DragnDrop]

How come.... the Castelnaui I've seen are all rather dull and boring colour wise compared to yours? Do they colour up as they mature and maybe I just saw young ones, or are yours some special morph?

[Sean_.E.]

Nope, mine aren't any special morph. I find that, just like any species, colouration varies between each gecko. For example, my male is much darker than my female.

The one's you've seen must be neonates. They are black with light yellow/cream couloured bands/saddles. Their pattern and colour changes quite a bit as they mature.

To show you what I mean...

There's a picture of a young gecko, aswell as some amazing looking adults (including albinos) on this page: http://geckosunlimited.com/castelnaui.htm

*drool* Geckos Unlimited has amazing animals!

[spidergecko]

You should see some of the Diplodactylus geckos on this site. There are lots of European breeders and they have some crazy stuff I've never heard of before (but I'm not really a Diplodactylus keeper ;) ):
http://www.geckoworld.co.uk/forums/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=76ea7ff5a7e3680c4807240cd3b2ffa7

[DragnDrop]

I hope it's not too late for me to change my Christmas Wish List.... I'm adding 2.4 albino Castelnaui. What are the chances Santa has a few left over to give to me?
(rrrrright!)