Congratulations! Arguably C. fasciatus is the holy grail, but switaki are still freakin' awesome geckos and still a rare sight in California. I want to say my old buddy saw 5 or 6 switaki in one night where you saw yours.
Switaki is/was my holy grail:) I don’t doubt the 6 gecko night. I’m still after them in CA but I just needed to get it done. As for fasciatus, I have friends that did a four gecko night, so the rarity is questionable. Just getting into the habitat is the issue. C. reticulatus....I’m coming for you! And thanks man!
Congrats! What a cool looking gecko and entertaining video overall. Things up here in the Bay Area have been eerily quiet with extreme drought condition.
Love your videos Frank. When Australia opens up you guys should come to south australia, our state goes nearly halfway north and we have lots of species of geckoes and varanids. Do some research and see what you can find. Id be happy to take some time to guide you to the right spots.
Thank you sir! That trip is more or less planned already hahah! Adelaide up to Uluru and back down a bit further west. Tons of diversity:) thanks for the tip as well. Not sure when it’ll happen, but it WILL happen!
Amazing animals. I was looking forward to the rosy boa, as Baja Californium localities are the most beautiful ones with high contrast between the background and the lines and very clean lines. I keep one Baja Californium male and he is one of my most prized animals. I have also kept Coleonyx variegatus in the past. Nice geckos, but once they are declining you cannot do much to help them due to small size. I still cannot understand why the name barefoot banded gecko came about. Also sorry for the comment, but why did you blast this loud music over the finds? In Australia you were focusing more on catching, describing and explaining the finds, with natural sounds in the background. I could concentrate more on the herping then and actually feel the habitat. Why did you revert to the earlier style of herping? Also why was this trip so selective? Probably there were too many basking iguanians that we missed.
Thanks for the comment:) I was also super excited to see the boas down there, and they did not disappoint. The style of video is due to the style of herping. Road cruising is incredibly boring but one of the best ways to herp. There isn’t a lot of lead up to the finds, and the road itself isn’t the best place to sit and explain the animal. I wanted to translate my excitement as well. I will take this constructive criticism into account though moving forward! Also, in the day we had our families with us and we spent time at the beach and just hanging out:)
The switaki was SICK! They're a lifer for me too, along with coleonyx fasciatus.
Thanks dude, I was super stoked:) fasciatus will grace this channel one day!
Wow! Super cool! How exciting. Congratulations Frank. Beautiful Beautiful animal. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you sir, this one was a pleasure!
WOW, Frank, I can feeeeel your excitement upon finding your first Coleonyx switaki after 25 years!
It was such a long time coming:)
@@reptiliandiaries Better NOW than never . . . . . .
Congratulations on the Coleonyx switaki, crazy looking Geckos, amazing how they wave that tail.
Thanks you sir! Super happy with that trip
25 years!!!
Congratulations! Arguably C. fasciatus is the holy grail, but switaki are still freakin' awesome geckos and still a rare sight in California. I want to say my old buddy saw 5 or 6 switaki in one night where you saw yours.
Switaki is/was my holy grail:) I don’t doubt the 6 gecko night. I’m still after them in CA but I just needed to get it done. As for fasciatus, I have friends that did a four gecko night, so the rarity is questionable. Just getting into the habitat is the issue. C. reticulatus....I’m coming for you! And thanks man!
Congrats! What a cool looking gecko and entertaining video overall. Things up here in the Bay Area have been eerily quiet with extreme drought condition.
Thank you sir! And not the news I want to hear about the bay, I’m moving back in July!
Great Video, good to see these herp trips stylised like this.
Thanks! Appreciate that:)
I felt emotional 🥲 for ya brotha epic find 25 year lifer ❤️
Thanks man! I won’t forget it!
Sweeeeet man! So dope. Very happy for you, mate, and super jealous!
Thanks my man, hope you're well!
Love your videos Frank. When Australia opens up you guys should come to south australia, our state goes nearly halfway north and we have lots of species of geckoes and varanids. Do some research and see what you can find. Id be happy to take some time to guide you to the right spots.
Thank you sir! That trip is more or less planned already hahah! Adelaide up to Uluru and back down a bit further west. Tons of diversity:) thanks for the tip as well. Not sure when it’ll happen, but it WILL happen!
Amazing animals. I was looking forward to the rosy boa, as Baja Californium localities are the most beautiful ones with high contrast between the background and the lines and very clean lines. I keep one Baja Californium male and he is one of my most prized animals. I have also kept Coleonyx variegatus in the past. Nice geckos, but once they are declining you cannot do much to help them due to small size. I still cannot understand why the name barefoot banded gecko came about. Also sorry for the comment, but why did you blast this loud music over the finds? In Australia you were focusing more on catching, describing and explaining the finds, with natural sounds in the background. I could concentrate more on the herping then and actually feel the habitat. Why did you revert to the earlier style of herping? Also why was this trip so selective? Probably there were too many basking iguanians that we missed.
Thanks for the comment:) I was also super excited to see the boas down there, and they did not disappoint. The style of video is due to the style of herping. Road cruising is incredibly boring but one of the best ways to herp. There isn’t a lot of lead up to the finds, and the road itself isn’t the best place to sit and explain the animal. I wanted to translate my excitement as well. I will take this constructive criticism into account though moving forward! Also, in the day we had our families with us and we spent time at the beach and just hanging out:)
@@reptiliandiaries E is it also dangerous to stay for long at the particular place there?
@@stefanostokatlidis4861 it’s usually quite safe in Baja. I’ve never had any issues there.
These are so good! How are there not so many more views.
Seems like people want to see reptiles in cages more than in the wild :/
Congrats on the switaki! Loved the baja rosies and the mitchellii. Hope to have the opportunity to find all three for myself one day.
Thanks dude, and do it!
*Border lol