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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:36 am

http://vipersgarden.at/cascade/watermar ... ife_JZ.jpg
hmm has not this one T. delalandii bigger dorsal scales surrounded by small ones than these tarentolas on my pics?
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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:59 pm

hmm i will have to waint until implementation of iris photo-identification method to T. mauritanica and T. delalandii. http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1029-hanc ... -iris.html
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Re: La Palma

Postby Mario Schweiger » Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:04 am

I have checked now the diagosis of Tarentola s. str. (maur., deserti, boehmei) and Tarentola (Makariogecko) (boettgeri, delalandii, gomorensis, etc.).
Following Bischoff (1998): Die Reptilien der Kanarischen Inseln, der Selvagens-Inseln und des Madeira-Archipels.- Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Vol. 6.,
the diffrence between these two groups is:
Tarentola s. str.: Dorsal tubercels surrounded by a collar of small scales.
Makariogecko: no collar around tubercels.

But look at this mauritanica from Coastal Tuscany: no collar realy visible.
TarentMau_Castigl.jpg
Tarentola mauritanica. Castiglione della Pescaia, Tuscany. May 2009
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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:59 pm

Tarentola delalandii
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Tarentola sp.
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found in a car
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with a cockroach
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habitat of Tarentola sp. and Gallotia galloti palmae
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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:49 am

Gallotia galloti palmae adult males
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subadult male
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probably a cryptic male, that is a male without external masculine appearance, i read that as a result such male neither reproduce nor compete with other males but in proper moment cryptic male turns into alpha male in a relatively short time, if anyone knows more about this phenomenon please contribute
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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:07 am

Gallotia galloti palmae adult females
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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:11 am

Gallotia galloti palmae juveniles
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one with regenerating tail
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fluttering fore limbs as ''abjection gesture''
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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:28 am

Gallotia galloti palmae impaled on barbs of cacti likely by birds
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Pelophylax perezi adults
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juvenile
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habitats
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Re: La Palma

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:36 pm

Gallotia auaritae
I have been looking for live lizards but withour result.
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