eastern stone gecko?M or F???

[najanaja]

i just go an eastern stone gecko,(diplodacttylus vittatus)
ive never really had geckos accept from some southern leaf tails ive had as a kid
and the millions of house geckos i have around here...

but i had a friend who had this esg and i promised him the last coastal juvi i had
this year so when i just gave it to him he gave me this little fella to keep things
square so to say...

not sure wether to keep it(the kids love it) or move it on i was wondering if they can
be sexed the same way you would use a visual check as if it was a dragon or you
have to probe them...

 

[Jonno from ERD]

It's actually a Robust Velvet Gecko, Oedura robusta. It's male.

 

[najanaja]

i thought it was but the book i had only had velevets,marbled and zig zag
and the pic of the esg looks spot on..

cheers for that

 

[Jonno from ERD]

What species is it on your books?

 

[najanaja]

its not there..
the pic of the eastern stone gecko looks like it eccept for the pattern on the tail..

and it only had marbled and zig zag as the only 2 velvets..

but it was just one of my older books

a photographic guide to
SNAKES
& other reptiles
OF AUSTRALIA

 

[Packages]

Definitely not a Stone Gecko... these are Stone Geckos:

 

[najanaja]

I was convinced by jonno
but thanks packages

 

[nook171]

well the kids wont let it go to easly lol

 

[najanaja]

yeah mate...
and you know my kids...
i would be rich if they didnt name every pet i owned and let me sell them

 

[nook171]

yea lol

 

[Jonno from ERD]

najanaja,

What I meant was, what species is it listed as in your permit record books?

 

[najanaja]

opps

it was just written as oedura...

but i thought it was some sort of mistake as the 2 oedura,s in my book didnt match

 

[Jonno from ERD]

Well Stone Geckos are Diplodactylus anyway, not Oedura.

Either way, it's a nice, hardy gecko to start your gecko collection with.

 

[meshe1969]

Wouldn't you have to keep it for six months anyway?

 

[Pocket Lizard]

What's with the regenerated tail?

 

[najanaja]

didnt realise it was...
im not much of a gecko person as ive stated...

probebbly happened during breeding or something..
wont know more about him till after 7pm