hammer tail geckos?

[lgotje]

hi guys
so i went to a mates place to play with some elapids ( was awesome loved every bit of it! ) and he was showing me some stuff anyways he showed me this gecko which i believe is part of the thick tailed gecko family ( correct me if im wrong i was overwhelmed with all the elapids and and other stuff he had lol ) and it was really cool looking now im pretty sure it was called a hammer tail gecko anyways i was wondering if anyone else keeps these and if they could throw some pics up also if anyone breeds these pls pm me
cheers
locky

 

[kupper]

Meh lost me and I'm a gecko tard :lol:

 

[GeckPhotographer]

This is not a common name I have heard before. If you are talking about thicktail group though that would be genus Underwoodisaurus and the only other species would be sphyrurus, they are a fair bit rarer in captivity than basic thicktails as far as I am aware.

Hope this helps, by the way many also refer to Thick-tails as being in the Nephrurus genus, i.e. Knobtails.

 

[richoman_3]

yeah underwoodisaurus sphyrurus.
i would love to see some more pictures of , only seen one

 

[GeckPhotographer]

Oh by the way, just a pointer, when you say Thick-tail family, what you really mean is genus and if you would not awfully mind it would confuse me a little less if you used that instead.

 

[lgotje]

Granite belt Thick-tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus) this may be it?

 

[richoman_3]

Granite belt Thick-tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus) this may be it?

yep.......

 

[kupper]

Very rare in captivity mate ... Not cheap either

 

[lgotje]

Oh by the way, just a pointer, when you say Thick-tail family, what you really mean is genus and if you would not awfully mind it would confuse me a little less if you used that instead.

lol no worries mate im a bit illiterate never finished skool haha

 

[GeckPhotographer]

Hey kupper, I know they are, but why are they so rare in captivity I would have thought with all the success basic Thickies have these guys would have been bred fairly well by now? Just asking cause I know you know a lot about the gecko industry and thought you might have some idea?

 

[kupper]

I can hear a banjo playing ...... Ow you said illiterate not inbred :lol:

 

[lgotje]

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[kupper]

Hey kupper, I know they are, but why are they so rare in captivity I would have thought with all the success basic Thickies have these guys would have been bred fairly well by now? Just asking cause I know you know a lot about the gecko industry and thought you might have some idea?

I can't really comment on that as there not something I have kept or bred But being a cooler temp gecko similar to leafies I can only speculate that there not easy to breed Being uncommon also compounds the above issue , rumour has it that the original animals where snuck onto a fake licence to establish them in captivity , but the same was said about wheeleri so can't substantiate this rumours

 

[GeckPhotographer]

I can't really comment on that as there not something I have kept or bred But being a cooler temp gecko similar to leafies I can only speculate that there not easy to breed Being uncommon also compounds the above issue , rumour has it that the original animals where snuck onto a fake licence to establish them in captivity , but the same was said about wheeleri so can't substantiate this rumours

Ok thanks for that, guess they still might get going in the future.

 

[lgotje]

I can hear a banjo playing ...... Ow you said illiterate not inbred :lol:

lol does everyone here no where cousins yet?......

 

[kupper]

With your spelling skills I would hope not *know*

 

[lgotje]

With your spelling skills I would hope not *know*

lol i *know* how to spell some stuff

 

[AUSGECKO]

From what I've heard you basically need to refrigerate them to get them down to a cool enough temp to breed.

 

[Nephrurus1]

From what I've heard you basically need to refrigerate them to get them down to a cool enough temp to breed.

That's my understanding too. Rob Porter (Livefoods Unlimited, Qld) has published a couple of articles on them (one in the Gekko Jounral). It makes really interesting reading!! Placing them into a refrigerated incubator to get them to a cool enough temperature was the key to the process.

 

[lgotje]

That's my understanding too. Rob Porter (Livefoods Unlimited, Qld) has published a couple of articles on them (one in the Gekko Jounral). It makes really interesting reading!! Placing them into a refrigerated incubator to get them to a cool enough temperature was the key to the process.

wow interesting stuff I might to go see Rob and hit him up about them