I have resisted the temptation to get into Rhacodactylus geckos due to space issues – until now. I’ve coveted the huge Rhacodactylus leachianus for a long time. At the Herp World Expo in Pasadena, I held an adult at Philippe De Vosjoli’s table and was hooked! I came home with a book so I could learn more about these geckos and give the idea of getting one some serious thought.
At the Reptile Super Show in January, I was ready and planned to bring home a leachie! I had an extremely hard time choosing, but finally settled on this little guy (we don’t really know if it is male or female yet). Unfortunately, his label was lost at some point, so Philippe could not tell me about his background, but I really liked the pattern with the pink bars on this guy.
He’s small now, but someday he’ll be a giant!
No more new species for a while now – really!
Chameleon’s have always been on my “someday” list. At the Reptile Super Show in Pomona last month, my daughter and I picked up a little female veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus, at the auction to benefit USARK. We absolutely love her! Anna has named her Leafy.
I have been remiss in introducing her anywhere because I have had a very hard time getting pictures of her. I did get a couple of pictures a week or so after we brought her home. Whenever I try to take pictures, she is either hiding, shedding, or she runs away as soon as she sees the camera. She was up front yesterday, so I took a couple pictures even though she’s currently shedding. As I was formatting the pictures from yesterday, I went back to the ones from Jan 20. Wow! She sure has grown over the last month!
Here she is on January 20. Look at how tiny she was!
February 22 – all fired up because she hates the camera! Look how big she’s gotten!
And Yesterday, just finishing up that shed.
This is her typical response to the camera – run, run away!!
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