A Forum Game

[geckogirl3]

snow phantom

 

[ajveachster]

Remember, we are NOT looking for a morph of leopard gecko. We are looking for the subspecies. There are 5 different subspecies of leopard gecko.

 

[ajveachster]

I didn't realize my entry was going to be so hard. So here's another hint. Here are the 5 different subspecies. You can pick from the list.

Eublepharis macularius fasciolatus
Eublepharis macularius afghanicus
Eublepharis macularius macularius
Eublepharis macularius montanus
Eublepharis macularius smithi

 

[fl_orchidslave]

It's easy, I'm surprised no one has gotten it yet with 214 views in this thread. Hopefully more folks will participate

 

[ajveachster]

Guess there aren't many of us that like the educational trivia games.

 

[im faster]

Lol guess not..


I do dvr jeopardy every night lol

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

It's easy, I'm surprised no one has gotten it yet with 214 views in this thread. Hopefully more folks will participate

Well Laney as far as I'm aware no one has ever seen that before. Spoke with a couple people and it hasn't creeped up in any collections so far.

 

[fuzzylogix]

im gonna say smithi

 

[ajveachster]

im gonna say smithi

Nope. 4 more to guess. Actually this subspecies is fairly commonly mixed with morphs such as mack snows.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

C'mon Shawn! You can doooo it!

 

[TokayKeeper]

Light colored afghanicus? Though that Mack hint has me pondering fascio...

 

[ajveachster]

Light colored afghanicus? Though that Mack hint has me pondering fascio...

keep pondering

 

[M_surinamensis]

I had half-written a reply on page one or two, which I am thankful I decided not to post.

It was going to be to the effect of, "Well obviously I know the answer but these trivia games are not as fun if it is just two or three people going back and forth. I, the great and magnificent Seamus, will deign to allow someone else to answer." The games really are more entertaining as they are more interactive with more people providing more diverse questions. The rest of it would have been pure ego.

Which uh... would really make me feel like a grade A jackass right about now, since I could maybe fake my way through leopard gecko taxonomy with a book open beside me, but stand no chance of answering anything that has to do with subspecific groups intersecting with the cultivation of captive morphs.

It's a real stumper. I like it.

 

[TokayKeeper]

^ lol....wait, we already did the lol thread about meat. d'oh

I was thinking E. m. macularius mainly because I'm getting some from Steve Sykes and thought I saw he had crossed them into the Macks. BUUUUT, it was his fascios he crossed. And fascio/afghanicus, which are commonly crossed into Macks aren't the answer; nor is smithi. Which leaves either E. mac. mac (E=mc^2? LOL) or E. m. montanus AND montanus is assumed to be the basal subspecies for original CB leopard gecko, yet the pure subspecies is not assumingly fairly common in the US. So I'm thinking it's E. hardwickii...no I'm joking, that'd be a dead give away!

Montanus....and if it's not it someone just freak'n say macularius.

In the mean time I'm thinking of some obscure US herps I've found in the field to screw with everyone just like this subspecies photo has. :main_evilgrin:

 

[fuzzylogix]

i have a mack montanus cross and looks nothing like this, so i'll say macularius

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Hmmm I saw half the answer posted....

 

[OhioGecko]

Eublepharis macularius fasciolatus

 

[ajveachster]

Ok, Thad is right with the subspecies, it is a pure Fasciolatus. Now the second half of the original questions, what makes this one unique? If nobody can guess by the end of the day Monday, I suppose I can share the answer and let somebody else post a pic. I really didn't think I picked something that hard-oops.

 

[ajveachster]

Hey TokayKeeper. If you show the pic to Steve he might be able to give you the answer. He is slightly familiar with this animal. Some might feel like that's cheating, but others call it "investigation via interview".

 

[ajveachster]

BTW folks...Look at the ad on the right hand side for Retribution Reptiles, it shows the subspecies we have. The answer was posted on the site the whole time to question 1. I will shortly provide another hint for the second part.