Banded leaf-toed geckos ( Hemidactylus fasciatus)

[Lennoncham]

Anyone know anything about these guys? Can’t find much info online and what I can find is wrong (says to keep them on sand but they are from the rain forest)

I ordered 2 pairs and got offered a steal of a deal on the whole group so I ended up with 10 total.

 

[Beman]

@kinyonga do you know anything about them?

 

[Beman]

Anyone know anything about these guys? Can’t find much info online and what I can find is wrong (says to keep them on sand but they are from the rain forest)

I ordered 2 pairs and got offered a steal of a deal on the whole group so I ended up with 10 total.

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I went googling. Not much out there... They are cute though!

http://www.supremegecko.com/hemidactylus-fasciatus

http://www.zees-exotics.co.za/Banded-leaf-toed-gecko/

https://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/lizards/1275073-banded-leaf-toed-gecko.html

 

[jamest0o0]

Was just about to link @kinyonga but @Beman beat me to it!

 

[Beman]

Was just about to link @kinyonga but @Beman beat me to it!

I got those mad skills dude!!!!!!

 

[Lennoncham]

Ya I can’t find much. I think they may actually be Hemidactylus coalescens since they are from Cameroon. Or possibly a mix of species. They all look so similar it’s hard to tell.

 

[kinyonga]

I don't know if this will help you or not. I don't know one species from the other...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_leaf-toed_gecko

 

[Lennoncham]

I found this that describes the different species but the differences are so subtle but if you look on this map h. Fasciatus are nowhere near Cameroon but h. Coalescens is. Hence why I’m confused as to how they could be fasciatus.

https://www.researchgate.net/public...x_revealed_by_coalescent_species_delimitation

 

[kinyonga]

There is this too...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemidactylus


The dividing of the llamalae on the underside of the feet is why they are hemidactylus.

I kept Lepidodactylus lugubris for many years...they are a type of hemidactylus I think....they look related too. They also reproduce by parthenogenesis. I don't know if any others do.

 

[Lennoncham]

I think I may have figured it out. I think they are h. Coalescens based off max SVL of 78mm as opposed to 95mm in fasciatus.

 

[Lennoncham]

There is this too...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemidactylus


The dividing of the llamalae on the underside of the feet is why they are hemidactylus.

I kept Lepidodactylus lugubris for many years...they are a type of hemidactylus I think....they look related too. They also reproduce by parthenogenesis. I don't know if any others do.

lepidodactylus is a separate genus.