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bsr inc
at Fri Jun 12 06:44:23 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bsr inc ]
We just hatched our first clutch. Here are the details. Got an unusual looking female from one of my customers about a year ago. Nothing crazy--light colored, kind of looked like a yellowbelly but not quite. Decided to keep her and this season bred her to a nice looking lesser male. They locked up multiple times, and she produced 6 eggs. I pipped them on day 55 and inside I got 4 lessers, one that looked normal and one that looked white. I was happy with the unusual results. They are out of the eggs now, but to me the normal one looks a little like a yellowbelly, or I should say more like his mother--kind of a yellow belly type look with side striping. The white one looks like a very patterned ivory? 3 of the lessers look very light and thinly striped--the 4th looks more like a normal lesser. Sorry for the crappy pics, but I just shot this morning. They are just out and not shed or anything yet. I also have pics of the mother I have included in the album. Originally I was thinking, oh-the female must be a phantom, as there is a blue eyed leucy sitting in the egg, but now I am not sure that is the case. The eyes are blue, but have red irises like an ivory. Then I thought, well I guess the female is a yb and lesser x yb does in fact make white snakes, and the 3 nicer lessers are lesserbellys. What neat is if you look at the "yellowbelly" or "other" baby, it looks like the mother as well. I mean it is pretty uncanny--the patterns on the dorsal are so similar. Who knows. Cool way to start of the season. Any input would be appreciated.
Ben
unusual clutch
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- LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - bsr inc, Fri Jun 12 06:44:23 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - bsr inc, Fri Jun 12 06:48:06 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - evansnakes, Fri Jun 12 07:17:41 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - bulliwalla, Fri Jun 12 07:24:22 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - brhaco, Fri Jun 12 07:27:13 2009
- Awesome Ben! - rkreptiles, Fri Jun 12 07:57:26 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - Maki, Fri Jun 12 09:27:39 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch ou - kinderman, Fri Jun 12 11:56:02 2009
- Looks like a Ivory .... - Watever, Fri Jun 12 13:15:20 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch ou - toshamc, Fri Jun 12 18:41:29 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - RoyalVariations, Fri Jun 12 22:21:51 2009
- RE: LESSERBELLY LEUCY?---first clutch out??? - bigbearhook, Sat Jun 13 10:09:33 2009
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