H. wahlbergi

[Haroldo]

Something new we've added to our collection:

Now the wait until they are sexable and pairs can be assembled.

 

[Ccrashca069]

awesome additions Harold.

 

[Haroldo]

awesome additions Harold.

Thanks. I've got a good 6 months before I can sex the group, 18 months before I can expect to breed them, and 6-12+ months after getting eggs, before I can expect to see the hatchlings break out of the eggs.

 

[spykerherps]

nice geckos MORE Pix. Does the H. Stand for hemidactilus.(spelling is off)
who did you pick those up from?

 

[SongNight]

Beautiful and interesting geckos!

This is our pair:

This is a baby born last year by another pair (10 months of incubation):

 

[spykerherps]

Sweet .... nice pix. Thank ya Kindly

 

[Haroldo]

nice geckos MORE Pix. Does the H. Stand for hemidactilus.(spelling is off)
who did you pick those up from?

These are Homopholis wahlbergi and I picked them up from a friend here in the midwest.

 

[Haroldo]

Beautiful and interesting geckos!

This is our pair:

This is a baby born last year by another pair (10 months of incubation):

Nice to see they are being worked with on the other side of the pond! Are they still available wild-caught over there? I see you have a banded pair, have you hatched any striped animals from them?

I got a good-sized group and sent a couple to a friend up north. I'm hoping between the both of us, we can get a few pairs going in 2009. They are certainly beautiful geckos and are interesting to watch hunt.

Thanks for sharing pics.
Regards,
Harold

 

[SongNight]

These are Homopholis wahlbergi and I picked them up from a friend here in the midwest.

If I did not err the actual name is Homopholis walbergii, not H. wahlbergi

 

[SongNight]

Nice to see they are being worked with on the other side of the pond! Are they still available wild-caught over there? I see you have a banded pair, have you hatched any striped animals from them?

I got a good-sized group and sent a couple to a friend up north. I'm hoping between the both of us, we can get a few pairs going in 2009. They are certainly beautiful geckos and are interesting to watch hunt.

Thanks for sharing pics.
Regards,
Harold

In Europe happen to find animals catch.
This is a first year that I have partial stripe pair, I hope that this pair produce eggs soon

 

[Haroldo]

If I did not err the actual name is Homopholis walbergii, not H. wahlbergi

Actually in North America, we refer to it by common name "Wahlberg's velvet gecko" - Homopholis wahlbergi. Latin names of species often have several variations due to cultural/language variations...

Other variations of the latin name:

H. wahlbergii

 

[Haroldo]

In Europe happen to find animals catch.
This is a first year that I have partial stripe pair, I hope that this pair produce eggs soon

It is nice that you have a striped pair to breed.
The friend I got mine from produced a full-striped animal (all the way through to the tail), but obviously kept it for himself. The closest I have are animals with around 75% striping or so. I was told banded animals can certainly yield striped animals (at least with his group), but then again his animals are decidedly different from other imports of the "same species". But that's an entirely different story...

 

[SongNight]

It is nice that you have a striped pair to breed.
The friend I got mine from produced a full-striped animal (all the way through to the tail), but obviously kept it for himself. The closest I have are animals with around 75% striping or so. I was told banded animals can certainly yield striped animals (at least with his group), but then again his animals are decidedly different from other imports of the "same species". But that's an entirely different story...

The H. walgbergii pattern indicative of locality:
Full stripe: come from far eastern Botswana (Kalahari and Kanye escarpment), but some are in western Mozambique.
Partial Stripe: are more from Mozambique
Normal/Non Stripe: southern Mozambique and parts of South Africa

 

[Ccrashca069]

Those are very nice pics. I might have to research care and set-up of these. Gives me almost 2 years

 

[spykerherps]

How large are they? It looks like they are about the size of a gargoyle gecko.

 

[Haroldo]

The H. walgbergii pattern indicative of locality:
Full stripe: come from far eastern Botswana (Kalahari and Kanye escarpment), but some are in western Mozambique.
Partial Stripe: are more from Mozambique
Normal/Non Stripe: southern Mozambique and parts of South Africa

Where did you get this information from? It seems pattern-locality connection is curious if my friend has a group that produces full stripes, partial stripes, and "banded" animals (all in one season). And he has been doing so for nearly a decade with a group about 13 years old- still fertile!

 

[Haroldo]

How large are they? It looks like they are about the size of a gargoyle gecko.

A solid 8" or so full grown. Incredibly stocky though...

 

[SongNight]

Where did you get this information from? It seems pattern-locality connection is curious if my friend has a group that produces full stripes, partial stripes, and "banded" animals (all in one season). And he has been doing so for nearly a decade with a group about 13 years old- still fertile!

Wow is a long fertile life!
Information on locality come directly from an my American herpetologist friend.

It is possible that the pair of your friend are natural hybrids or unintentional hybrids produced by him.

 

[Haroldo]

Wow is a long fertile life!
Information on locality come directly from an my American herpetologist friend.

It is possible that the pair of your friend are natural hybrids or unintentional hybrids produced by him.

PM me your American contact...it is a small world.

He got the trio in wild-caught over a decade ago as subadults. They have stayed that trio since. I'll see if I can get him to come and hopefully make clear what I have aimed at .