Eurydactylodes Agricolae vs. Vieillardi in Photos

[Michael]

I was rummaging through old pictures this week and came across a group of pictures I took comparing e. agricolae and e. vieillardi, so I figured I would share. I no longer keep either species, but enjoyed them when I did. Who here keeps eurys?

Eurydactylodes vieillardi:

Eurydactylodes agricolae:

Both:

 

[MelissaSR]

I keep agricaloe. But Jecko's Geckos breeds all 4 species. I grabbed these pics from his Facebook page so all pictures and animals are owned by Jon Deboer

First is E. symmetricus, second is E. occidentalis

 

[Michael]

Wow! I have only ever seen maybe 2-3 pics of either of those, ever. Thanks for sharing!

 

[MelissaSR]

I’ve been lucky enough to see them at Tinley when he brought a few in October. Both species are hard to come by and I thought the symmetricus was just about the coolest thing I had seen at the show in quite some time. And Jon is such a nice and smart guy, makes me glad to know my agricolae are either directly from him, or his lines.

 

[Dragonborn Exotics (Ryan)]

Just this year I got into Eurydactylodes. Bought my first Vieillardi from Pangea Reptile and love the little dude! he has very cool colors. I am very interested in the Symmetricus, but because of their rarity, the prices are very high and inconsistent. I have also heard of some breeders having issues breeding them, saying they are not as easy to breed as the Agricolae and Vieillardi. I will post some pics of my new guy when I can figure out how to.

 

[Dragonborn Exotics (Ryan)]

Here is my E. Vieillardi. He was missing a toe on his right front leg when I got him :/. Thinking about being cliche and naming him "Little Foot" or "Little Finger" .

 

[Gray Sky Exotics]

I currently have 7 breeding argicolaes pairs, several RTB males, a juvie female & a week old hatchling. Love the little finger snuggling waddle butts!

 

[Michael]

I went through and uploaded several old videos to my Youtube account last night, including this one:

I remember that for a few years, some folks had a lot of trouble breeding vieillardi... is that still the case? I had a lot of success and had them coming out of my ears at one point. They're a species I think I'd like to keep again...

 

[Just for fun]

I have 4 males, 3 are from Pangea and 1 is from Tara Leigh cresties. I love the little buggers, they have such fun personalities!
Not the best pictures...
This is Wilbur-


This is Watson-


This is Wally-


And Westen likes to stay hidden!

 

[MelissaSR]

I remember that for a few years, some folks had a lot of trouble breeding vieillardi... is that still the case? I had a lot of success and had them coming out of my ears at one point. They're a species I think I'd like to keep again...

The problem with eurydactylodes in general is that the babies aren't quite as hardy as the other mainstream NC geckos. They remind me a bit of phelsuma when they hatch, if they don't have a good first shed, they struggle. If you keep their humidity high as babies they seem to do well. I think more and more people are keeping the babies bioactive, or at least on moss which is keeping the humidity higher making shedding easier on them.

 

[Rufus]

We have E. Vieillardi. Unfortunately the male passed away on this first season (no idea why). The 2 females we have are still popping out eggs (we've never found any) it's a bioactive vivarium.... The babies just appear! Currently have 3 babies. The females are quite aggressive in breeding season, considering their size, they do this bite and shake thing (like a dog). Actually we just sold the first baby about 5mins ago . My partner arranged the sale and deposit and then was like ermmm you were okay with me selling it lol.

 

[Rufus]

 

[Rufus]

Another new baby.... Going to gecko sauna to help with that shedding....

 

[Dragonborn Exotics (Ryan)]

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Congrats on the tiny dinosaur!

 

[Michael]

Woo hoo! Congrats!

 

[Rufus]

 

[Rufus]

One day, 3 months, 1 month...i couldn't get them to stay still in age order so this was the best I could get! The 4th baby is just a week old and wasn't much size difference soooo I just took out the 3.

 

[Michael]

One day, 3 months, 1 month...i couldn't get them to stay still in age order so this was the best I could get! The 4th baby is just a week old and wasn't much size difference soooo I just took out the 3.

Are those all Agricolae or are the middle and right vieillardi?

 

[Rufus]

These are all vieillardi. We went for vieillardi are they lay more calcified eggs (than agricolae) so they are similar to chahoua eggs in that respect.

 

[Rufus]

The smallest one is quite dark in the group photo. It's exactly the same gecko that was in the palm of my hand photo above.