Nice surprise this morning

[Rocket]

Cheers Danny, I will be receiving some Delmas very soon and was just wanting to see what seems to be the go for breeders although I doubt with every bone in my body they will breed for me.

Again, Congratulations with the Pygopus breeding. Have you bred your D.plebiea or D.inornata?

 

[geckodan]

Cheers Danny, I will be receiving some Delmas very soon and was just wanting to see what seems to be the go for breeders although I doubt with every bone in my body they will breed for me.

Again, Congratulations with the Pygopus breeding. Have you bred your D.plebiea or D.inornata?

Neither clicked this year. Next year I hope.

 

[Pocket Lizard]

Nephrurus, are those P. schraderi? I haven't heard of them being bred before, congratulations.

 

[Nephrurus]

I'm sure someone has bred them before. Perhaps when they were nigriceps?
These were a cinch to breed. Keep them separate, put the male in... VIOLA....





-h

 

[junglepython2]

Nice work guys, nice to see some being captive bred.

 

[iceman]

well done danny, gotta be happy with that

 

[krusty]

thats so cool,well done and keep up the great work..,..

 

[arielle]

Wow theyre pretty cool, how big do legless lizards get? I have some in my garden but theyre pretty much the size of earthworms. Are they the same thing?

 

[OzGecko]

Well done both Danny and Nephrurus.
A friend of mine down here hatched out 2 lovely lepidopodus bubs. They're fantastic animals.

 

[junglepython2]

Wow theyre pretty cool, how big do legless lizards get? I have some in my garden but theyre pretty much the size of earthworms. Are they the same thing?

You sure they aren't blind snakes?

 

[arielle]

hmmm maybe they are, do blind snakes lay tiny white eggs?

 

[junglepython2]

hmmm maybe they are, do blind snakes lay tiny white eggs?

Possibly, but they do eat the eggs of ants which is more likely what you are seeing.

 

[arielle]

No, once when we moved a woodpile we found some little white eggs with a few blind snakes/legless lizards (about 3 inches). We kept some eggs to hatch them and then let them go, they looked like tiny lizards/snakes (about 1/2cm)

 

[rexs1]

Well done Danny and Henry. It's great you guys are breeding animals that are not common in captivity. Both of them look great.

 

[salebrosus]

1 of mine is going to a mate. The other is available when it hatches - EOI considered

Will PM you on this.

 

[insectovor]

Hi Nephrurus could you post a picture of the parents and maybe show the spurs on the male? Your P.schraderi look fantastic, were the parents wild caught or did these come from another breeder? If so could you pm me the details, I have been after pygopus for quite a while. Great pictures of those juvs. Congrats.

Cheers

 

[geckodan]

Will PM you on this.

Too late.

 

[dragon lady]

nice....surprisingly attractive!

 

[salebrosus]

Too late.

Fly interstate and you miss everything!

 

[Nephrurus]

Righto, heres some tips how to sex scaly foots (Pygopus). I assume it works the same with Delma and Burtons. Danny explained to me exactly how to sex properly, so I took some photos.

It's all about hunting for the paracloacal spur in males. They usually twist and spin and try and rip themselves in two, and if you're unlucky they'll drop their tail on you. This is because almost all scaly foots in captivity are wild caught. I'm lucky enough to have 2 captive bred animals to photograph. Now, being very gentle, handle the scaly foot until it sticks it's little flap in the air (they wave at you). Underneath will be a small scale that is much larger than the surrounding ones. It's the paracloacal spur. Only the males have these. They also have slightly larger "flaps". This technique works for Pygopus, I'm not sure about Delmas and Burtons (Danny? could you shed some light?).

So there you go. I used a paint brush to gentle hold the flap back for photos.

-H