Purple Pachydactylus bibronii?

[Metal_Gecko]

Has anyone ever seen a Purple/Lavender Pachydactylus bibronii(Bibron's Gecko) before?
The local pet shop to me has 3 of them, but only one of them is purple!

I was thinking of fronting the $20 for a purple gecko... :tongue3:

-Wes

 

[ReptileNinja101]

Never heard of it before... sounds interesting.
Well if you do decide to pick it up be sure to post some pics. That'd be really neat to see.

 

[ReptileNinja101]

Hmmm.... no edit button.. You sure its a bibronii? Does it look like this http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...-identify-beautiful-purple-gecko-mexican.html

 

[ReptileNinja101]

My bad forget the link........

 

[Hannibal]

I'd love to see a photo of a purple one, that would be so cool looking.

 

[Metal_Gecko]

Nope, it was definitely a Bibron's, but purple!

Maybe I should hurry and get him!!! LOL :tongue3:

-Wes

 

[fuzzylogix]

does it look like this?

could be temperature related as to the coloration

 

[Metal_Gecko]

Yeah kinda.... but definitely more purple.

-Wes

 

[Metal_Gecko]

Well crap!
I think I might have just figured it out....???

It's quite possibly a Chondrodactylus bibronii, and NOT a Pachydactylus bibronii, like I had previously thought? I dunno....


Chondrodactylus bibronii:

-Wes

 

[WulfSC]

Awesome looking gecko. How much are they asking for it?

 

[WulfSC]

Awesome looking gecko. How much are they asking for it?

Nevermind... I see you said they were $20. Too much beer, while listening to Hour of Penance, makes you do things like that. LOL!

 

[Metal_Gecko]

Yeah, they seem pretty aWESome, but I've been told that they're pretty skittish, and they have a bite like a Tokay..... :thumbsdown:

-Wes

 

[touch 13]

the c bibronii is the same thing as the p bibronii, Just recently in the past 2 months have they moved the bibronii into a different category from the turnerii which is most likely what your gecko is.

I dont have any references to this theory but it is all over the net.

The bibron gecko is 99.9% of the time mistakken as a turners gecko, or turners thick toes gecko. There is a huge followup on it, but in a shortened summary:

The bibron are only ONLY native to the southern parts of "South Africa" (This is a country) and in 1976, the exploitation rates went up by 6%. South Africa then stopped shipping to N. America and only to its closest neighbouring countrys (Nambia, Zimbabwe etc..) at at this time in the 70's there was no clarifaction between the two species. While the turners were native across all of Southern Africa, the Bibron were only located in South africa, they assumed shipping the gecko to another country was a waste of money, when these countrys had the same native species. Up untill recently in the early 2000's where the two have been distinguished due to the size difference in the scales located behind the eyes, almost on the neck. To this date, bibrons were only expoted in the early 60's-late 70's for only 13 years.

This really reall y interests me =]

AANNDD during those 13 years there was no difference between the two, so they WOULD indeed ship packages with the turner and the bibron together (not knowing) and to have a male and a female bibron to this date, producing healthy eggs is next to impossible.
I was sold a "bibron" this month and after advertising it, i was shockingly stunned to peoples reactions.

They clearly stated it was a turner and not a bibron.

Thought this information could be usefull.