tiger rumps

[J.huff23]

Is the costa rican tiger rump(sorry didnt know scientific name) an aggresive T in any way?

 

[Talkenlate04]

Cyclosternum fasciatum,

And they can be defensive but mine is not to bad. I still would not hold her though.

 

[fartkowski]

I would say more skittish rather than aggressive.

 

[J.huff23]

just wondering because a friend of mine saw one in a pet store(so he says) and he said that the guy told him that it was aggressive.

 

[Mina]

I wouldn't say they are aggressive or overly defensive, they are however, small, lightning fast, and skittish.
They are also very beautiful, good eaters and heavy webbers. Just beware of the speed.

 

[jen650s]

I haven't had my sub adult female long, but she has never shown any aggression (other than to crickets ). She will climb right on my hand without any prompting, but as said beware of the speed if startled--she's wicked fast.

 

[J.huff23]

is it this T that is actually a true spider?

 

[J.huff23]

never mind thats the chilean tiger rump thats actually a true spider

 

[AzJohn]

Cyclosternum fasciatum = Tarantula
Acanthogonathus francki = No tarantula

They look almost the same. Check out www.botarby8s.com
He sales both

 

[UrbanJungles]

Do you guys who own this species get to see them often? I mean are they really reclusive?

 

[fartkowski]

My adult female is not too reclusive at all.
When she was in premolt she hid for a few weeks in her burrow. Also if I was doing cage maintenance she would run into her burrow but for the most part she was out in the open.
My little 1" is always in the open.

 

[whitehaze2008]

hum

mine was VERY secreative.
I would never see her until she was starving.
I thought she died and after a couple weeks she emerged very hungry and then i feed her and the lizard i fed her killed her -_-.....:wall: was obviously poisonous.

 

[J.huff23]

I then i feed her and the lizard i fed her killed her -_-.....:wall: was obviously poisonous.

thats awfull!!! did you catch the lizard in the wild?

 

[whitehaze2008]

yes....

it was a blue tailed skink.
I know now that the blue tail means there poisonous.

killed my tiger rump and my GBB female a year ago....i was very angry cause the GBB i had was unusually large 7 inch leg span

 

[UrbanJungles]

it was a blue tailed skink.
I know now that the blue tail means there poisonous.

killed my tiger rump and my GBB female a year ago....i was very angry cause the GBB i had was unusually large 7 inch leg span

They aren't poisonous.
In fact they are very popular foods for many North American snakes like hognose, racers, Timber rattlers, Copperheads, etc..

It's thought the blue tail is for persuading predators to attack the tail as a means of defense (better to lose a tail than get your head crunched) or to identify juveniles and hopefully deter attacks from very territorial males.

Sorry to hear about your spiders though.
...and the off topic post.

 

[Arachno_Shack]

Cyclosternum fasciatum = Tarantula
Acanthogonathus francki = No tarantula

They look almost the same. Check out www.botarby8s.com
He sales both

Yeah, AZJohn has it pinned...

I read somewhere that Acanthogonathus francki are not tarantulas, nor are they true spiders.

A. francki are mygalomorphae, like trap doors, and tarantulas....BUT

francki, and trap doors are not tarantulas...:wall: or something like that!!!


Anyways, the Costa Rican Tiger Rumps are super fast, and really skitish. Beautiful, but I will never hold mine.
A good choice for any collection.....


Tim

 

[Truff135]

Mine only stayed in her burrow for any amount of time when she was in pre-molt. Other than that, she hangs around out front almost all the time. She will go to her burrow, though, when I open the lid of her tank. I wouldn't say that they're too defensive, more like nervous, and are very quick. Unless you have an unusually docile one, I wouldn't attempt to hold one. But, I don't think you have to worry about having your hand mauled if you put it in the tank. They're gorgeous and make some very interesting webs, worth the buy IMO.

 

[whitehaze2008]

mmmk

well urbanjungles tell u what.
Catch one and throw it in for your T and let them eat it and then when its dead the next morning you can be in my shoes.

I dont think i had two fully grown healthy T's keal over the next morning after each ate a blue tailed skink is just coencidence.
The species that i have in my back yard is poison.....there are several species of blue tailed skinks, obviously we are talking about two differant types.

 

[UrbanJungles]

well urbanjungles tell u what.
Catch one and throw it in for your T and let them eat it and then when its dead the next morning you can be in my shoes.

I dont think i had two fully grown healthy T's keal over the next morning after each ate a blue tailed skink is just coencidence.
The species that i have in my back yard is poison.....there are several species of blue tailed skinks, obviously we are talking about two differant types.

Please don't get defensive, I'm not attacking you...just informing you. The same holds true for all species of the genus Eumeces from North America (there are otehr Eumeces in other countries like Mexico, even Japan, non poisonous). Since you are in Texas I'm assuming this is the genus you have encountered and fed.

I'm sorry I can't place myself in your shoes because I would never have fed my T's a wc lizard in the first place.

By the way, I am a herpetologist by training and profession...If you do some research you'll find I'm right.

Here's a picture of one I found in NC.

Does the one you fed look similar (not identical since you are in Tx) to this?

Once again, sorry to hear about your losses.

 

[Truff135]

Not to get off-track but that is a gorgeous animal! Sorry for being a noob, but are skinks reptilian or amphibious? (Hrm, I might be confusing them with salamanders... )