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 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

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08/13/06  11:43am

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   Message To: Kennan   In reference to Message Id: 937510


 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

I have a crestie...they both live on the same island but are totally different geckos...They are both rhydactilus species too...They have a differ4ent body structure and have slightly different behavior habits....don’t qoute me on that...Kyle
08/14/06  12:40am

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Kennan
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   Message To: Cyrus91   In reference to Message Id: 938642


 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

ya my crestie just passed......and i was lookin at gargoyles and they look the same except for the coloring.......and i have read that they are practically in the same environment
08/14/06  10:45am

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   Message To: Kennan   In reference to Message Id: 939049


 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

They can be a bit nippy though...they tend to be "tail biters"...
08/14/06  04:39pm

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   Message To: Cyrus91   In reference to Message Id: 939497


 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

hey just sayin`,technically cresties are no longer rachs any more.they are in the bavayia species now.I don`t know if their name is now bavayia cillatus but it has changed to something in the bavayia family
08/30/06  07:22am

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   Message To: Thug Child   In reference to Message Id: 963669


 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

Never heard that anywhere - where’d you get that info? Last I checked, they were Rhacodactylus auriculatus (not cillatus - cilliatus is the sp. for cresties). Can’t find anything anywhere on them being changed to Bavayia...

Anyway, they’re different species, same island, and to my knowledge, same genus. Coloration is differnt, likely have slightly different niches. Gargoyles don’t have the "eyelashes" cresties are famous for.

Not sure about temperment. My garg is a bit skittish, whereas my friend’s crestie is much less so. But that’s a pretty minimal sample size, so may be only personality. Mine’s never bitten me, but he’s still little (about 2" SVL). And quite tame compared to the tokay (named Jezebel, for good reason) I have at work!
10/05/06  10:41pm

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   Message To: Edgiesmama   In reference to Message Id: 1011336


 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

auriculatus (especially females) are high strung. Once females get gravid, stay out of their way, they can get quite grumpy. Yes, they are more figidity than cilliatus but I think they are so much cuter than cilliatus. I definitely will start breeding auriculatus in the future. AS for taxonic classification change?????? what? when was that? Ive never even heard about that. I dont think anything happened
11/08/06  12:41am

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   Message To: Edgiesmama   In reference to Message Id: 1011336


 Whats the difference between crestie and gargoyle.....besides the color i mean

auriculatus (especially females) are high strung. Once females get gravid, stay out of their way, they can get quite grumpy. Yes, they are more figidity than cilliatus but I think they are so much cuter than cilliatus. I definitely will start breeding auriculatus in the future. AS for taxomic classification change?????? what? when was that? Ive never even heard about that. I dont think anything happened
11/08/06  12:42am


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