One of our male U. henkeli...

[luevelvet]

Hey Everyone,

I thought I'd share a couple of recent images of our Uroplatus.

First up is our young U. henkeli male. These are tough to get decent shots of but I'm happy with the way this one came out.

Next is a new female U. lineatus to add to our existing breeding group. I'm especially fond of her white stripes. Judging by her size in relation to our 6 month old hold back we hatched out last year I would think it's safe to say she's anywhere between 8-12 months old.

Enjoy!

Luis

 

[reptimanny]

awesome pics looks professional

 

[Vegas Chad]

Those are awesome pictures!

 

[laurie]

Very, very cool.

 

[Montium]

Very nice sir

 

[chams1]

You just couldn't let the rest of us have the spotlight for even a day, could you? ha ha ha! [kidding]

Great pictures as always, Luis!

 

[Vegas Chad]

Sheesh, I know right...

 

[sageghost]

Great Pics!!

 

[AJA]

Wicked !

 

[luevelvet]

Thanks everyone! I don't have too many shots of the henkeli so any opportunity I get I take!

Cheers!

Luis

 

[warpdrive]

great pics Luis. thanks for sharing them with us.

Harry

 

[Syn]

Always great to see your pics, Luis!

 

[luevelvet]

Thanks!

How's that male sikorae holding up?

Luis

 

[Syn]

His weight seems to fluctuate a lot. I am trying to find a way to keep it stable, but I think it's just when he poops he loses ~.5g.. It's kind of funny. He hasn't lost a lot of weight, hasn't gained a lot of weight. I will try to weigh him tonight if I get batteries for my scale on the way home and let you know what his weight is. He got down to 18.1 at one point in time and up to 21.2. It's really odd. Any idea why he's doing that or is it just because they are so small and delicate?

 

[jannb]

Very nice Luis!

 

[luevelvet]

Normally a fluctuation of a few grams isn't anything to be concerned about so don't worry yourself too much over it. Just ensure he's not losing any more than that.

Also, males of the "fimbriatus complex" (which includes henkeli and sikorae) are generally smaller than their female counterparts. Sometimes I think my males are anorexic when resting next to a plump female.

Luis

 

[luevelvet]

Very nice Luis!

But you gave me a thumbs down!

Teasing of course.

Luis

 

[Syn]

Normally a fluctuation of a few grams isn't anything to be concerned about so don't worry yourself too much over it. Just ensure he's not losing any more than that.

Also, males of the "fimbriatus complex" (which includes henkeli and sikorae) are generally smaller than their female counterparts. Sometimes I think my males are anorexic when resting next to a plump female.

Luis

Of course, Sang's female sikorae is absolutely massive! It makes me laugh. What is the average weight of your male sikorae?

Thanks for the reassurance.

 

[luevelvet]

We don't have any sikorae's at the moment, but our male henkeli's (which are a wee bit bigger than the sikorae's) run anywhere from the 30's to 50 grams.

Yeah, females do get substantially bigger (and quicker) than the males.

Luis

 

[jannb]

But you gave me a thumbs down!

Teasing of course.

Luis

No thumbs down......I was typing in the car on my iphone.