Hi guys, I am just curious to know what species are the biggest eublepharine. Would be the common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius). And what about the others Eublepharis species and why they are not avaliable in the hobby?
Thanks
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Biggest Eublepharines
Bushmaster
Feb 03, 2005 05:11 AM
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tworavens
Feb 03, 2005 09:44 AM
>>Hi guys, I am just curious to know what species are the biggest eublepharine. Would be the common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius). And what about the others Eublepharis species and why they are not avaliable in the hobby?
>>Thanks
E. hardwickii and E. fuscus are native to India, which doesn't allow exports. I'm not sure whether E. turcmenicus and E. angramainyu can be exported or not, but if you look at a map of their distribution ranges you'll see that they are relatively small compared to that of macularius, and closer to the more troublesome areas of the Middle East. It's probable that some specimens of ths latter two have been exported as macularius, so everyone check your gecko's subdigital lamellae to see if they have tubercules or not!
As for size, E. hardwickii has been reported as 230mm, but Ron Tremper's Giants get up to 270mm, so I suppose they are the largest Eublepharine.
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Chris
1.0.1 Coleonyx variegatus
1.0.0 Gekko vittatus
0.1.0 Eublepharis macularius
0.0.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus
