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Here be dragons

PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:20 pm
by blacknstormy
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Leaf tailed geckos to be more precise :) ;)

Amazing camouflage - perfectly suited to their environment :)

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Re: Here be dragons

PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:00 pm
by ATJ
They're not dragons! They are geckos. Different families, as I'm sure you know. :P

Nice detail on both images. Your leaf -tailed gecko (P. cornutus, I assume) has quite a different pattern to the ones around here (P. platurus).

Re: Here be dragons

PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:03 pm
by blacknstormy
ATJ wrote:They're not dragons! They are geckos. Different families, as I'm sure you know.

Andrew - yep I know :), but he reminds me so much of a lovely 'fire breathing' dragon (which is the kind of dragon I was referring to :oops: :)LOL
And of course the taxonomists have been at work again (so annoying ;) ), and it is now called Saltuarius swaini - cornutus (now also Saltuarius) is found way up north between Cooktown and the southern end of the Paluma Range (I had previously stuffed up and also called it cornutus, Damo promptly smacked me ;) )
:)
Hugs
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Re: Here be dragons

PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:57 pm
by colin_12
A wiley worm he looks too Rel.
Love those eyes.
Regards Colin

Re: Here be dragons

PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:26 pm
by The Scorpion Man
Very nice animals, we dont have this tropical species in SA...for obvious reasons... :lol: Are they mites under the eyes in the first pic?

Re: Here be dragons

PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:46 pm
by ATJ
The Scorpion Man wrote:Are they mites under the eyes in the first pic?

They might be. ;)

Re: Here be dragons

PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:22 pm
by The Scorpion Man
ATJ wrote:
They might be. ;)


I mite have guessed someone would say that.....
:cough: