Baby Moorish / Crocodile gecko

[BrunoNRG]

I just wanted to post this picture so that people could see how small these are when they're young:

:main_robin:

I captured it when I was cleaning my garage on wednesday, I took some pictures and
put it back where I found it. All wild geckos in my country are from that species. :main_yes:


PS: I'm not sure everyone here knows what the size of a 1€...

 

[Angel]

very cool my boyfriend is from california and he always talks about catching crocodile lizards in the wild he says they are mean little buggers is this what he could be talking about? are they mean? he isnt home but i will show him this pick when he gets in, they sure are cute not mean looking at all.

 

[robin]

very cool! are there other subspecies of them there?

 

[Angel]

oh i see your in portugal i doubt they are the same ones he finds in cali.

 

[BrunoNRG]

They are very fast, and they do bite a lot, but it doesn't hurt at all...

Here's a picture of an adult I caught:

Here's another picture I took:

very cool! are there other subspecies of them there?

There are many reptile species here, but there is only one type of geckos. :main_yes:


EDIT: I can post pictures (taken by me) of other reptile species that live in my country :main_thumbsup:

 

[robin]

have you ever kept any as captives?

 

[BrunoNRG]

have you ever kept any as captives?

Nope, all the reptiles I capture are kept 1 or 2 days maximum, I take some pictures, and than I release them where I found them

 

[Angel]

im in canada and we dont have them up here but the boyfriend is from california he says he used to catch them all the time he said he kept one for a day but set it free after as he wasnt set up to keep them , he said they used to bite him and almost looked like little pits the way they shook there head trying to get a chunk of him lol , id be scared lol its not if it hurts or not its just the thought of being bit lol.

 

[Angel]

are you allowed to keep wilds captive? I know up here your not , not even common things like salamanders.

 

[BrunoNRG]

im in canada and we dont have them up here but the boyfriend is from california he says he used to catch them all the time he said he kept one for a day but set it free after as he wasnt set up to keep them , he said they used to bite him and almost looked like little pits the way they shook there head trying to get a chunk of him lol , id be scared lol its not if it hurts or not its just the thought of being bit lol.

It's more likely that they try to run than to attack you, they only try to bite if you grab them or if they're trapped

are you allowed to keep wilds captive? I know up here your not , not even common things like salamanders.

Probably not...


EDIT: I belive that it's not allowed to keep protected species captive, all others should be ok... :main_rolleyes:

 

[combadao]

Cool Photo, Bruno. Good idea to put it here.

You can see a list of reptiles, for Portugal here:

reptiles from portugal
(although it is in Portuguese you can see photos and scientific names)

No, you can't keep any national wildlife, being common or not. Even if we have some very cool lizards by the millions!


But for the geckos around here, traditionally called "osgas", the danger comes from the people that think that they are poisonous (sometimes they kill them because they are afraid and disgusted). Although the species are in no really danger.

 

[BrunoNRG]

There' only 1 or 2 species on that list that I haven't held yet :nice:

I know it's wrong, wild animals should not be caught or held captive, but I do it anyway...
But I don't hurt them like some people, that don't even know why, in our country do everytime
they see a reptile, and I allways release the ones I keep captive (2 days maximum) So,
every picture of wild reptiles I post are taken by me and I'm the one holding the animals :main_yes:

How can authorities distinguish the wild captured animals from the ones that can be
bought at a petshop? :main_huh: I belive moorish geckos can be bought at petshops...

Everyone, especially older people, use to say that "osgas" (and many other
wild reptiles) are poisonous, most of them don't know what they talk about... :main_no:

The only poisonous/dangerous reptile that lives in our country, and is really hard to find, is this one:

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One of the two "Víbora-cornuda" (Vipera latastei) I have ever held :main_cool3:


Here's another of a moorish gecko:

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This was a frisky one

 

[combadao]

Bruno, the law was made so that no commerce could be done with them. I don't think people are concerned with reptile lovers like you.

The number of people that kills them is far worse than anyone who just wants to "study" them.

I saw one of those Viper as well. :main_yes:

One of these days we must go on one of those organized field trips to see herps.

:main_thumbsup:

 

[gitrdone0420]

How cool! I know how big a euro is =] Ive been to europe! =] They are so tiny and cute. lol

 

[BrunoNRG]

Bruno, the law was made so that no commerce could be done with them. I don't think people are concerned with reptile lovers like you.

The number of people that kills them is far worse than anyone who just wants to "study" them.

I saw one of those Viper as well. :main_yes:

One of these days we must go on one of those organized field trips to see herps.

:main_thumbsup:

Some time ago I didn't value reptiles the way I do now, so I tryed to pet all the reptiles I could caught, especially
Coluber hippocrepis (Cobra-de-ferradura) and lizards like the Lacerta lepida (Sardão), at the time I had no ideia how
to take good care of them, so I would capture even more reptiles (Psammodromus algirus and Tarentola mauritanica)
to try feed them, of course most of the reptiles I was trying to pet, and the ones I was feeding them, even if that
wasn't my intention at all, they usually ended up dead...

Once I caught a two tailed crocodile gecko

Most of people I know, the second they see a reptile, or certain
amphibians, the first thing they try to do is to kill them... :main_thumbsdown:

I would love to do one of those field trips, but probably someone would allways be pulling my ear ,
because as long as I can grab certain reptiles for better observation or photography I do...

How cool! I know how big a euro is =] Ive been to europe! =] They are so tiny and cute. lol

The first time I saw, on youtube, someone who had one as a pet I thought it was weird, because I see them on the wild
all the time... But if they're born in captivity and used to humans, they probably make great pets. The one on the picture
with the 1€ coin is very small because he is still very young, but they get bigger (15/16cm) when they grow up

 

[snowgyre]

very cool my boyfriend is from california and he always talks about catching crocodile lizards in the wild he says they are mean little buggers is this what he could be talking about? are they mean? he isnt home but i will show him this pick when he gets in, they sure are cute not mean looking at all.

Your boyfriend is talking about alligator lizards, which can get fairly large (the length of your forearm).

Crocodile geckos (Tarentola mauritanica) are very common in captivity in the US. I believe there is an established wild population in Florida (surprise surprise). I used to have one as a pet. As far as I know nobody is breeding these seriously. They're interesting pets, but they tend to be nippy. I've been bitten several times by them but they're not large enough to draw blood. They're very cheap in pet shops. In fact, I bought my female for $14 US. Keep in mind that this species is not protected in the US because they are not native. You can keep legally them as pets here.