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hi i was wondering if anybody has considerded starting a studbook for uroplatus geckos? the reason i ask is because there are few keepers of these compared to other keepers of lizards and few zoos keep them as well. i am not asking what everybody has just tossing around the idea in my head. if we had a studbook then we would not have to worry about inbreeding in the future. i know that the animals are still available from the wild but thought that it can't hurt to get a start on them while they are still available. Madagascar will probably not be open forever. i also know that locale data is impossible or difficult to get from dealers but maybe we could set it up so that diffrent animals from diffrent dealers could be considerd from diffrent areas? if not we could also try and compare photos from known locals and compare them to our animals for a semi-positive I.D. i know that it has to be more thought out but it cant hurt to talk more about it, right? i also know that some people sell thier baby uros and i am not disouraging that i just thought that other people who are intersested in the species would know that theirs are not related to their own animals. anyways its just an idea and i just wanted everybodys opinion on it.

How do you get something like that together, with just a handful of us that hang here?

If you can its (YOUR BABY) go for it. Let us know !
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Eve

hey thats sound like a good idea but it going to take a lot of work and more people also i talk to neil about a couple of months ago or a couple weeks ago anyways he told me that he will be done with his book on uroplatus geckos he around august he will be done and about 20-30 dollars

how do you contact neil for things? do you know how to where to order one.also i have no problem starting it as long as you all trust me to handle things like that.let me think of a few things to do for the studbook and hopefully i can have it going in a little while. i also know that more people have to be interested for it, but you have to start somewhere. i hope to be getting some more uros in the coming months and will let you know what i am able to do.

let us know when this uroplatus book is done, and where it can be bought. Id definately be interested in this book.

I don't post on KS often at all but your question caught my attention. Several months ago a small group of chameleon breeders came up with the same basic idea. We created a site and built an online "studbook" for chameleon bloodlines. I also keep several species of uroplatus and agree that the bloodlines need to be carefully monitored. The DB that we use could be easily modified and duplicated for uroplatus if there was enough interest. You can check out the DB at www.chameleondatabase.com, register and you will get a login back and can view the info in the DB.

Jason
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Captive Chameleon Bloodline Tracking Database www.chameleondatabase.com

you should definitly go through with it, i'm sure everyone here will help in some way....
and i was just wonderin uroplatus guy....how any uros are you up to now?

i only have nine right now as well as groups of eggs. money has been a little tight but i am trying to get some money to buuid up my collection more. nayways here is wahat i have.
1.1 wc satanic
1.1 cb satanic (diffrent parents)
1.1 sikorore sikore
1.2 ebaunie
i am also trying to find my ebanuie and sikore eggs but they hide them too good. i am also incubating eggs from my w.c satanics and should have the babies (hopefully) around november.