Halmahera blue eyes vs green eyes

When I got my first halmahera gecko I never thought about it's eye color.  Just a beautiful healthy boy.  I since picked up a pair and then two hatchlings that are now two years old.  The only one iwth blue eyes is the first.  The remainder have green eyes. I think they are both types are beautiful.

Blue eyed Halmahera Gecko

I started with a single Halmahera gecko.  I purchased additional and only then noticed the difference.  My other Halmaheras have green eyes.  They also seem a touch smaller.

Hal- the initiator of the Halmahera interest.

Grew this little one from 7 grams.  Now in the 40's.  Few more Years of growing to to.

Halmahera geckos

Halmahera geckos are hard to come by.  Most on the market are wild caught and get sick and die rather quickly.  They don't acclimate well.  I have captive bred (CB), wild caught (WC) On the verge of- and long term wild caught in captivity- long term captive (LTC).

I purchased my first Halmahera gecko from an expo.  WC and dead in days.  I learned a hard lesson super fast.


My next was purchased as LTC.  He is huge.  He is glorious.  He made me fall in love with the species.

I went on to purchase to CB babies that are coming along great and look to be a male and female.

I do keep my eye out for Halmahera geckos on the market and found a pair that were LTC.  The previous owners said that they had had them for a year. They were crazy wild when I first got them back in April, 2018.  Over the past 4 months they have settled down a bit.

The key with these geckos is- Never grab at them.

LTC male 

LTC male- love his color changes

LTC male- The boy who started it all

Love their little feet.

LTC

One of my CB babies.  Born July, 2017

One of my CB babes.  Born July, 2017

The CB babies are very mellow

Sweet baby

Hal- LTC that started it all.

LTC female

Hal

LTC male- WC tend to have more injuries.  Dropped tails that have regrown.  This boy has had a rough trip.

Oh, Hal.

Halmahera

Sally needs a Harry.  Sally is settling in.  She is skittish when you first take her out of her enclosure.  She likes to explore your whole body once she is out- arms backs of legs.  She is fast but friendly.  Once she has run a few laps she settles down and stays put.  She likes my forearm or hand as a final resting point- I think this may be related to it being higher than my legs and warm.