Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Cordylus cataphractus feeding time....

Hello reptile lovers world wide. At this moment I'm posting a video that was shot this morning of my tail biters aka armadillo lizards eating some superworms. Thanks for looking. Oli

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Hey guys, I was just going through some of my older pictures from back about 7 years ago or so, and I came across this species which at the time was very popular, and quite prevalent within the 'aussie lovers' or 'velvet gecko' community.  The Oedura marmarota.  There are two localities pictured here, the eastern and the western form.  They can be pretty secretive at times, but as you can see, they are pretty geckos.  This is another species that, like I said, was relatively prevalent, but now, they are very hard to come across.  This is a discussion that I've been having a lot recently.  From popular and rare, to abundant and losing popularity, to now again, sought after, but difficult to find or procure.  I guess the laws of supply and demand hold true even for geckos, and reptiles in general.  In a way, I have a respect for all you leopard gecko, crested gecko, or ball python guys out there because you know that you enjoy the species, and regardless as to whether the animals are in extreme abundance or not, you stick to the species project at hand.  It seems different within the more 'rare' or shall I say "lesser abundant in the hobby" gecko enthusiasts now a days.  These folks, seems to follow the trends constantly, and try and jump on the 'next big species wave.'  And I must admit, I have done this myself, so I am not calling anyone out.  It should not be for the money, but for the love of the art....Until the next ranting ;)  





Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Guess who's back.......From a long recess period, my apologies....




OK, so I haven't posted on here in quite some time, but I'm looking to get back into this and turn it back up.  I don't have an official web site, so this is what I'm using.  I'm here to promote myself and my company a bit, but more so to build a site where I can promote specific species as well as posting nice photos of them, so that all of you can get a little eye candy of some more extravagant species now and again.  Enjoy, truly yours, blogger non extraordinaire Oli

For any questions, comments, concerns, inquiries, photos, availability lists contact me at oliverkuepper2001@yahoo.com

Check out an interview with me on the internet reptile radio show titled, "OTH aka The Other Herpcast".  It covers my particular experience with geckos in the genus Strophurus.  I'll throw up some pics too ;)  *Pics can be freely used, just please let me know that you will use them, thanks.

Here's the link:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theotherherpcast-/2014/01/21/22-the-other-herpcast-strophurus-geckos-with-raw-dog-reptiles  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theotherherpcast-/2014/01/21/22-the-other-herpcast-strophurus-geckos-with-raw-dog-reptiles
Strophurus strophurus

Strophurus taenicauda

Strophurus williamsi

Strophurus intermedius

Strophurus ciliaris ciliaris

My tat of a Strophurus ciliaris ciliaris.  Terrible pic sorry.
This is a Strophurus ciliaris ciliaris trying to blend in with his surroundings.  They can white out like this depending on temperature, mood, or what color background they are on.    


Here are a few articles I did for the online magazine "Gecko time - www.geckotime.com" 
This first article is just an overview of the past season, and a brief look into the plans for 2014.  Scroll down to see my piece.  

This is a short article on Pachydactylus vanzylii "that other web foot gecko"  Scroll down to see my piece.

This is an article written on Colopus kochi.  It's an interesting species that just blows me away.  

This here is an article about Naultinus grayii, the beloved New Zealand Green Gecko.  

This is an article I had written a little while back in regards to cooling or hibernating, or brumating gecko's.  A debatable topic as whether it is necessary for some species, it is undoubtedly necessary for others.  Enjoy.  


And here is an article I wrote a while back in Practical Reptile Keeping magazine, which is a publication in England.