Couple new leos, plus 4 other Eublepharids

[TokayKeeper]

These guys arrived this past Tuesday from Wisconsin and are just as spunky as a bold sharp cheddar.

First up is "Mole" (pronounced with an Austin Powers accent).

And next is "Spunky Brewster" as she's, well spunky to say the least.

And lastly, I was visiting a local Petco for some fruit flies about 2 weeks ago. I usually make my rounds along the herp caging, seeing what they have...spying if you will. The last cage I looked at appeared empty. A glance down showed a label that read "Baby Banded Geckos". Intrigued, I asked an associate if I could see them. These are what appeared after he lifted the moistened sphagnum moss.

Male

Female #3

Female #2

Female #2 - dorsal

And lastly, my favorite...Ana.

All 3 females were showing signs of ovulation, with Ana very gravid where she laid eggs on April 25th. Ana gets her name from her dorsal pattern. You might ask, "How's that?" Well, I'm a nerd. I was staring at her pattern after taking these photos woundering a name for her. Now normally I don't name my geckos, but my fiancée is changing that, plus it makes creating pedigrees/lineage charts easier. So back to I'm a nerd...Ana is short for anaphase, the 5th step in mitosis, 4th step in meiosis I, and 3rd step in meiosis II, where the chromosomes separate and each chromatid moves to opposite poles of the cell.

Female #2 appeared to have reabsorbed her ova, but is now starting to bloat up with eggies. Female #3 did similar, but is not as far along as #2.

 

[eyelids]

Nice adds! I really like the mitratus and boy can you tell that one is gravid... I want one!

 

[TokayKeeper]

Thanks...

This is my 2nd attempt with mitratus and so far so good. The first time I kept them was in 2001, starting with juvies and I had one helluva time getting them to eat. These 4 are chow hounds, and much to my anti-usage of them with my leopard geckos, I've found geckos to eat the small mealies from the 3 colonies I maintain.

You'll also notice fresh bite marks on the females (and male)...seems I've got a busy little bee. These guys put me at 2 Coleonyx species. I'd like to add Tucson bandeds back into my collection, which I can do by driving 5 hours SW of "home" and I'm definitely going to try adding Yucatan bandeds to my collection.

 

[robin]

chris, you picked up some exceptional geckos! love the mitratus!

 

[KelliH]

Very nice geckos!

 

[LZRDGRL]

Oh, I like those! Ana has special looks :main_thumbsup: I also like female #2 with the spots :main_yes: Very nice geckos.

Chrissy

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Very nice indeed They deserve to have names!

 

[Kristi23]

Great geckos!

 

[TokayKeeper]

Thanks again everyone.

I'll possible post pairing ideas once the 2 hypo tangs get comfy; they just had their first feeding since coming in Tuesday as they're still a little shy and flighty.

From the non-leo side of things, I'm super stoked about the CA bandeds though. They aren't as cool as my pair of Lygodactylus williamsii, but then again I think my smurf geckos set the bar on awesomeness.

 

[Select Gex]

Nice mitratus! I'd change the label though, hehe. I am pretty sure those are not CB but rather WC.

I had a tough time getting my hatchlings to eat when I kept them a few years ago. Humidity is important with them .

Good luck!

 

[sauroid]

very cool Coleonyx.

 

[lillith]

OMG! Do you have a wait list for the Coleonyx!?

You have some real beauties there, I hope this season is extra lucky for you!

 

[PatHigdon]

Nice Bandeds!!! Wish the petcos around here would bring some in.

 

[Suncharmers]

I have to agree you picked up some real beauties, all of them the leopards, and the bandeds. The bandeds do look wc, really cool patterns for sure. If you ever decide to sell offspring, I would love a male for a girl I have had living by herself for about 5 years. Shes shedding in this pic, but is very nice looking

Cringle * female central american banded gecko