With it being SO similar to the Leopard mutation, it's hard to swallow the term "new mutation". If you showed all 19 of your babies, they may all look different. Of course, I've studied the Leopards on Hans table at Daytona and those all looked different as well. All the same mutation, but so variable it makes it hard just to pick which animal to buy. I would lean toward calling them Costa Rican Leopards, as people have labeled the different locale motleys...Argentine, Central American, Nicaruagan, and Colombian....same mutation, different locales! It's a very cool animal, it's just too bad for you that this didn't show up a few years earlier-before Leopards were established. The other kicker is the HUGE price difference. Why buy an animal that looks like a leopard, may be the same thing as a leopard for 5 times as much? Most would breed them to other morphs, so the locale isn't going to carry much worth in terms of asking price in my opinion. There are some that think Leopards have problems though, so if you can prove your animals don't share these problems, you may sell out quickly-at a more reasonable price!

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