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have any of you seen any reticulated banded geckos?
I am wanting to see some when I got to BB in June.
My goals for the trip are alterna, suboc, lepidus, and banded geckos.

what were the conditions?

Thanks
Alex

btw, I wont be collecting anything

I've seen at least three. Two of mine were found crossing 118 in the Christmas Mtns on cool nights after rainy days. A third was flipped on some of my property out toward Aqua Fria Mountain (while the ground was still damp).

Troy has found several under various conditions.

I've heard they can be locally abundant in a very small areas.

Many have herp for years w/o seeing any. My luck at finding three while still having found zero alterna is unusual.

I found one on the River Road coming down the big hill...It was sitting on the road after it had rained...When the rain stop we saw increased activity and two Trimorphs were also seen in a 15 minute period.

They are actually fairly common in a lot of the (rocky) areas in Val Verde & Terrell counties. I have seen several EVERY time I come to those areas. (I usually flip them under flat rocks). In Southern texas (western half), I hve see them on the roads at night (mid/late April - mid May), mostly between 1000 and 0100 at night.
I can give you specific locales if you're interested....

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

he wants to see the Big Gacko Zee. It is only found in parts of Brewster and Presidio, as far as Texas is concerned.

Sorry , you're right!!!! (retics & bandeds - apples & oranges) I need to get re-educated in the lizard world - too much snakin' not enough lizardin'
Yes I would like to see one of those BIG GECKOS' myself one day.
I DID see a very nice, gravid, female TEXAS Alligator lizard in Brewster county once, near the top of one of the mountains... That was a nice treat!

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

The first road cut heading from wild horse to Alpine in the Christmas mountains has a boulder slide on the west side of road. There are quite a few Big Bend Geckos in there if you wanted to do a photo shoot. They are sometimes quick. They run around on the road cuts in that area. I have found them to be quite common on the river road also. If they are not on a cut they seem to like boulder slides. Their stomach contents are said to contain cave crickets so they must spend the bulk of their time under ten feet of boulders looking for bugs. Rain should help flush some out. I hate giving exact directions on line but the truth be told I see more reticulated then regular banded geckos on every trip. Why they are protected is beyond me.

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Thanks all for the info! I'll be there in June, in the dark of the moon, for a week.
Hopefully there will be some rain. Black gap is 2627, right?

Thanks again
Alex Dietrick