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hybrid geckos?largest gecko species?

manakawari Apr 30, 2005 12:37 PM

i have 2 questions,first off,what is the largest gecko species..i keep reading that it is the giant gecko(leacheanous)or however its spelt..i dont see it..all pictures i see of them,they look smaller than many 14" tokays i have seen,and if we are talking about weight,well then what about the tremper giant leopards,they are like 156grms..and my second question,is about gecko hybrids,have there been any created as of yet??one id like to see would be a frog eyed and a leopard gecko...i dont know if they are close enoug in relaton but they seem to look it..im sure that tokays and leos wouldnt work but i see no reason why frog eyes or even fattails couldnt.thanks..oh yea.does anyone know anything about reptile growth hormone??if it exists?there could be some huge geckos created if it was available like human,avian,or bovine groth hormone is.

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johndoe10688 Apr 30, 2005 06:08 PM

The Leachianus gecko is the largest gecko (except i did hear one tome about some new zealand that may be bigger, but it might be extinct). I just looked up that the type A gets to be around 400 grams.....then there is a bugger type, and multiple smaller types. They hybrids you are speaking of wouldn't work..........they have to be REALLY closely related......like same genus most likely. No growth hormone lol.......i can't imagine that being healthy for them.

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