Three old issues of Dactylus finally in my library :)

Thanx to herplit.com i managed to get my hands on issue 2, 3 and 4 from volume 1 of Dactylus - the journal by the late The International Gecko Society. I have been looking for old issues of this journal for quite some time, and still miss some - so if you have this journal and don't use it - please let me know :)

Issue 2 has an intersting reprinted translation of the original describtion of Phelsuma pusilla hallmani by Harald Meier (originally published in german in the DGHT publication Salamandra). Besides of this the issue contains articles on Dehydration and Calcium Depeltion by Jeff Nunan, a presentation of Stenodactylus arabicus by Rolf Leptien, a presentation of Holodactylus africanus, and an article on he reproduction of the genus Tarentola by Jim Zaworski.

Issue 3 has a long article about the problems with keeping and breeding Phelsuma standingi - its quite interesting to read James Zaworskis problems with this, by then, difficult species, which today is one of the most commonly breed Phelsumas. Next interesting article is by Hermann Seufer and deals with keeping and breeding of Teratoscincus microlepis. Robert Porter gives a review of the New Zealand Geckos species followed by an article by Philip Tremper on the Captive Maintenance of Rhacodactylus sarasinorum. Aristellinger lar is presented by Robert Powell and finally C.M. Knight gives a presentation of the tail stridulation behavior in Teratoscincus scincus.

Issue 4 presents Aristelliger georgensis by Walter Schmidt - then comes an interesting note by Steven C. Anderson on the cohabitation of Teratoscincus scincus, bedriagai and microlepis in Eastern Iran, within an area of 25 meters radius - all on the same substrate - quite interesting as you would think that these species were competing with each other, and would have found different habitats.. R. Michael Burger writes about the keeping and reproduction of Uroplatus henkeli, followed by a presentation of Phelsuma guentheri by Nick Garbutt. The next article by F.W. Henkel is perhaps the most interesting considering the history - as it is a presentation of all the species of Rhacodactylus then known. This was published BEFORE ciliatus were refound - and therefore only shows a preserved specimen of this interesting species, little did he know, that just a year or two later, he would be one of the first to rediscover this species. Cyrtodactylus collegalensis and Pristurus rupestris are portraited by Ganesh Prasanna and Rolf Leptien respectively and the issue ends with a note by Gavin Bedford and Keith Christian abou the egg size of Nephrurus asper (amyae?)