what is an afganicus

[tokayok123]

dumb question i know but i really wanna know because i think i have one. so what is an afganicus?

 

[supperl]

that a subspicies of the comon Leopardgecko.

 

[sushikam]

Simply put they are just a subspecies of the leopard gecko, and much smaller. Here is a link with some pictures from the Leopard Gecko Wiki:

http://www.mkgeckos.com/wiki/index.php?title=Eublepharis_macularius_afghanicus

 

[tokayok123]

ok well i dont think mine is then shes 71 grams lol heres some pix of her

 

[sushikam]

Nope, I don't think she is :main_thumbsup:! Not at that size. But afghanicus geckos look a lot like normals with their coloration, so that is easy to get confused.

 

[Stevie]

The big difference between E.m.macularius and E.m.afghanicus is that E.m.afghanicus misses the sacral brown/black band when hatching, resulting in just three horizontal brown/black bands instead of four (which is a typical feature of E.m.macularius ). Sad enough this three banded phenotype also (sometime) occurs with E.m.macularius, so it isn't a waterproof system. Futhermore "due to a lach of knowledge and clear descriptions of the subspecies, E.m.macularius and E.m.afghanicus have often been kept together and also interbred in the mid-1970's." (Seufer et al., 2005, 'The Eyelash Geckos'). It is also stated by some breeders that the linebred snow morph of leopardgeckos originated by mixing the two subspecies, but this isn't (scientific) confirmed yet (up to my knowlegde).

Greets,

Stevie

 

[rubym]

We have a "normal" female that we bought and she is only 44 grams and 5.5 inches long. She is 19 months old. She is healthy looking for her size. The vet called her a pigmy leopard so she may be an afganicus.