Name/ID: Rosalind Franklin

Species: Rhacodactylus auriculatus

Locality: “100% Goro” F2 Wild-Caught Generation

Lay Date: Unknown

Hatch Date: Spring-Summer of 2020

Sex: Possible male

Origin: Rosalind Franklin was produced by Mike Walsh in early to mid-2020, and s(he) arrived here with me on November 12, 2020.

About: Rosalind Franklin is a Goro locality F2 generation wild caught reticulated gecko with red blotching.

Lineage: F1 “Goro” Locality Wild Caught Gen. x F1 “Goro” Locality Wild Caught Gen.

Her mother is a Goro locality F1 wild generation reticulated with melanistic base and some reddish-orange blotching, she has become much darker with age. Mike bought her as an adult in 2009, the parents were collected from some trees near the Goro nickel and cobalt mines of New Caledonia, they had a similar color and pattern, plus an elongated snout and enlarged horns.

Her father is a Goro locality F1 wild generation banded/reticulated with a yellow base coloration and red and orange blotching. Mike bought him as an adult in 2009, the parents were collected from some trees near the Goro nickel and cobalt mines of New Caledonia, the photos have been lost to time but they had a similar color and pattern, plus an elongated snout and enlarged horns.