IT HATCHED! Pachydactylus rugosus Hatchling Pictures!

IT HATCHED! Pachydactylus rugosus Hatchling Pictures!

Postby Fooble » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:28 pm

Im ecstatic so please excuse my enthusiasm for this tiny gecko...but it might as well be a monster!

I managed to get a Female P.rugosus last last year two eggs were laid soon after both infertile , captive mating took place and i got a total of 6 eggs two cracked and went bad one laid and now looks infertile still two good eggs to go.

The first clutch was laid October 6th 2009 and hatched today January 4th 2010 hatched in 80 days semi covered in plaster sand at temps
of +- 27 - 30 degrees.
This animal is the first step to create some second generation captives!

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It's home for the time being.

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Sorry the pictures aren't quite up to standard didn't have access to my SLR.

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Postby animalfanatic » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:38 pm

Fantastic, congratulations! I think we all know how much you have been waiting for this to happen.
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Postby Fooble » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:44 pm

animalfanatic wrote:Fantastic, congratulations! I think we all know how much you have been waiting for this to happen.


Cheers. I know i seemed to have posted every part from the mating to the laid eggs and now hatching seemed only right :lol:
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Postby mgiddings » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:47 pm

Congrats man! This is a big one ;)
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Postby Mitton » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:50 pm

That is great, such a cool little gecko.
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Postby Amphibian » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:52 pm

Look its Godzirra!!!! Job well done mate
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Postby GeckoGirl » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:58 pm

Man oh man oh man! Your enthusiasm is understood. Congrats on your little one, that's really cool :-)
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Postby marc bt » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:29 pm

Well done mate, now thats the kind of gecko i would keep. It actually looks like a gecko not like those other multi-coloured things ;). I want one!
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Postby Groenslang » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:31 pm

NAAAAIIIIIICE! I SCHMAAK YOUR GEITJIE DUK STUKKE!!!

That is one awesome fellow!
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Postby Fooble » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:32 pm

Thanks for the comments.
Yeah Marc this is natural colours not some het rainbow butter tiger apple morph.
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Postby Mitton » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:33 pm

Fooble wrote:not some het rainbow butter tiger apple morph.
LOL!
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Postby marc bt » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:34 pm

Well if you want to sell some you know who to call ;)
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Postby ClintonT » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:39 pm

Congrats Fooble. Your "little" monster is awesome. All the best with him and future hatchlings.
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Postby Sly » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:09 pm

Nice T, well done.....
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Postby Buck Rogers » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:10 pm

Brilliant! Now that the easy work is out of the way the hard part begins... Good luck mate got faith in you!
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