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Panther Gecko?

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  • 01-19-2010, 09:03 PM
    cinderbird
    Panther Gecko?
    So i found these little guys on the petsmart website and am having a hard time actually finding any info about them. They look to be a terrestrial insect eater that needs slightly cooler temps than leos.

    anyone have any sources for info or breeders of these guys? I'd love to learn and see more pictures.
  • 01-28-2010, 12:56 AM
    PyroPython
    Re: Panther Gecko?
  • 01-28-2010, 08:18 PM
    WingedWolfPsion
    Re: Panther Gecko?
    Most people in the hobby will recognize this as a pictus gecko.
  • 03-07-2010, 09:09 AM
    EsotericForest
    Re: Panther Gecko?
    Pictus? Or Picta?

    http://www.geckosunlimited.com/node/48?

    A lot of good information there for caring for these little guys.
  • 03-07-2010, 06:25 PM
    WingedWolfPsion
    Re: Panther Gecko?
    I've seen it as both P. picta and P. pictus, and I really have no idea which one is 'official'. I do know the gecko has been a 'Pictus gecko' since I first started researching herps in the early 1990s.

    I also want to complain that some sort of automatic filter is capitalizing those species names when I post. I did not capitalize them, because of course, only the genus name should be capitalized.

    I found this, browsing around for the info:
    Synonyms:
    "Diplodactylus pictus PETERS 1854: 615
    Phyllodactylus madagascariensis MOCQUARD 1895
    Diplodactylus robustus BOULENGER 1896
    Paroedura oviceps - KLUGE 1993
    Paroedura pictus - GLAW & VENCES 1994: 266
    Paroedura picta - BAUER et al. 1995: 54 "
  • 03-08-2010, 08:08 AM
    EsotericForest
    Re: Panther Gecko?
    As far as the picta, pictus thing goes...this is a response I got on another gecko forum.

    Quote:

    They are the same animal, just different latin pronunciations
  • 03-11-2010, 12:06 AM
    Rockstar Reptiles
    Re: Panther Gecko?
    Do they still say it gets 20" long? I got in an argument (really more of me taunting the thick headed employee) at a Petsmart because their tag said it got 20" at max size and when I made fun of it to my friend the employee got quite offended and defensive. I also got a crested gecko there that year for 6.99 because it was in the house gecko cage!
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