WEEK 30!!! This week is an Aussie leaf tail gecko aka Saltarius wyberba!!!!!

So another day another dollar, another week another species on the Raw Dog Weekly!!! So here is a incredible example of a leaf tail gecko coming from the granite outcrops of Australia. This beauty has a flat physique with a carrot shaped tail, and is a mottled grey color that is excellent camouflage in it's native environment. This gecko prefers to be kept humid and is a hardy captive that will lay about 2-4 clutches per season in captivity. The S. wyberba is a large geckos that will devour most any insects and is no picky eater. Here's a few snap shots.......enjoy and have a safe, healthy, productive, happy, and successful new years people!!!! Oli

WEEK 29!!! Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukkah, Happy Kwanza!!!! This week is the week of the Namibian web-footed gecko ie.Pachydactylus vanzyli

OK, so now I'm hypin' up the countdown with a specie from Africa, the second Pachy of the countdown in fact! This gecko is an inhabitant of the Skeleton Coast of Africa where it lives it's life in a desolate and harsh environment far from any civilization of man. This gecko must endure the extremes; from very hot to very cold in a matter of hours! It closely resembles the Pachydactylus rangei, but lacks the webbing on it's front legs and is much more uncommon in the hobby. These geckos were once called Palmato geckos, now being re-classified in the genus Pachydactylus, enjoy the pics and have a safe holiday!!!

WEEK 28!!!! The Uroplatus henkeli leaftail gecko!

Another beauty coming straight out of Madagascar this massive gecko species likes to rest on bark with it head down awaiting it's next meal. Almost totally camo'ed out it bears frills to conceal its' shadown where it's posterior meets it's anterior and almost appears bearded. These guys are just another impressive example of beauty, their eyes are intense, looking like complex artwork inside of a glass bead. Savage feeders, these animals are known to dive bomb prey with the intensity of a ferrel rabied rottweiler! Preferring cool and high humid environments these animals can vary greatly from animal to animal...Here they are:

WEEK 27 @ THE RAW DOG WEEKLY The Galiswasp Skink a.k.a Diploglossus lessonae!!!

Now I'm bringing to you a skink that I can really get down with. Unlike last weeks beasts, this skink is much more low key in that it resides in the leaf litter in jungles and scrub forests of Brazil. It's young, which happen to be birthed, come out with black and white striping which has been said to be the doppelganger to a viscious and poisonous centipede and therfore dissuading potential predation to an extent. They grow into a really pretty smooth looking skink, with a nice orange patch on their side, and they are strictly carnivorous. I have pictured some juveniles as well as adults, so you can see the baby, a transitional animal, and an adult for reference to how they change throughout their lives. These skinks can live to be around 10 years of age.  Here you are folks, only on the weekly countdown of the coolest reptiles and amphibians in captivity will you find this kind of greatness!!! Until next week!!!!