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 Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:16 am Post subject: Unidentified gecko |
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Photographed in an underground oasis in the Sinai desert region of Egypt. I'd love it if someone could give a positive identification? I can think of nothing similar bearing in mind it was about 8-10 inches long (if my bad memory serves me right!!) 
The bottom picture is a shot of where it was found, inside the underground shaft by the trees...after a four hour trek by camel into the desert and seeing absolutely no life at all!! Was a strange experience seeing a whole community so dependent on this one natural feature, yet quite happily surviving in extremely inhospitable conditions!
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At first glance I'd say Gekko petricolus, but if it were it would be a long way from home 
Maybe a Cyrtodactylus sp.? Do you have a pic that shows the feet in more detail?
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Nope sorry, this was me jumping taking photos because it was on the ceiling which was about ten foot high...it had just run out of reach after I tried to catch it. This was the only semi-in focus shot I got 
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:52 am Post subject: |
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Looks like a camel to me going by the secong pic tho I could be wrong 
Seriously I think its a Triopicalctes triopicalctes, egyptian dwarf sand gecko xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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I bet dwarf geckos dont get 8 inch long though! 
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callmechook
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| There isn't anything else listed for Egyptian gecko that looks like it, maybe it was a dwarf on steriods xxxxxx |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:31 am Post subject: |
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Im pretty sure the unknown gecko has got spatulate adhesive pads at the end of each toe, which the dwarf one doesnt. not very helpfull of me i know but I dont think its that one.
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JStroud
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It did have adhesive feet and was definately not the Tropicalotes Very odd, wish I'd caught it now could well have been a new species...  
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I think it is very likely to be a species of Ptyodactylus, probably hasselquistii
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