Panther Gecko?

[cinderbird]

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.

[PyroPython]

http://www.the-lizard-lounge.com/con...ther-gecko.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot_Gecko

As for pics, Google images is awesome.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Most people in the hobby will recognize this as a pictus gecko.

[EsotericForest]

Pictus? Or Picta?

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

A lot of good information there for caring for these little guys.

[WingedWolfPsion]

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 "

[EsotericForest]

As far as the picta, pictus thing goes...this is a response I got on another gecko forum.

They are the same animal, just different latin pronunciations

[Rockstar Reptiles]

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!