Ailuronyx seychellensis

This gecko night has a squat aspect. Members are short and strong, and the body is épais.
The basic color is the brown-yellow, strewn with darker spots on the back and the tête.
The skin has an aspect rough, and made many folds.

Note before very that this Espèce is supposed to have three distinct forms (that one could then regard as subspecies)  : the dwarf (of a size of approximately 15cm), the normal (of a size of approximately 21cm) and the giant (of a size of approximately 26cm).

Geographical distribution

This gecko meets with the Seychelles, where he lives in the trees.

Subspecies

No known subspecies to date.

Climatic parameters

Breeding in captivity

Food

Behavior

Maturity

Sexage

Reproduction

Layings

Incubation

The small ones

See too

Photos :

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Références :

  • Volobouev, Vitaly; Ineich, Ivan 1994 has off chromosome banding study Ailuronyx seychellensis (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) and its phylogentic affinities Journal off Herpetology 28 (2): 267-270
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995 Geckos der Welt - Gattungen Ale. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Hoesch, U. 1982 Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf den Seychellen. Herpetofauna 4 (17): 31-33
  • Henkel, F.W. & Zobel, R. 1987 Zur Kenntnis of Bronzegeckos Ailuronyx seychellensis (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1836). Herpetofauna 9 (51): 12-14
  • Gerlach, J. & K.L. CANNING 1996 has new species off the Western Indian Ocean gecko Ailuronyx (Reptilia; Gekkonidae). Herpetol. J., London, 6 (2): 37-42.
  • Fitzinger, L. 1843 Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller and Seidel, Wien: 106 pp.
  • Duméril, A.M.C. and G. Bibron. 1836 Erpetologie General or Complete Natural history of the Reptiles. Vol.3. Libr. Encyclopedic Roret, Paris, 528 pp.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalog off the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
  • Atlas of the terrariophile Vol.3: the lizards . Animalia Editions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1

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