Back in 2000 I received a pair of hatchling sibling Limpias from Buzz. Buzz did state that they had been bred by someone else working with some of his animals he had farmed out. The guy had a Polish name, I don't recall what it was though. I still can't find any of my old 35mm pics of them, but I can say that they were very classic looking examples as hatchlings. As they darkened I was rather satisfied, I prefer the dark or brown Davis forms. But they never stopped darkening. This is the female today (the male passed a couple of years ago, but he looked essentially the same):







I bred the siblings a couple of times. With the first clutch I got one good eggs, but it died full term. I'd say it looked even better than the parents as far as pattern. The second clutch was all infertile. After a couple of seasons with no clutches I decided to let someone else have a shot. Robert Pelaez took me up on the offer, with some reservation, and bred her with this WC male:







This was the results:







They look nothing like what the siblings nor their father. Nor do they look anything like siblings' offspring that died full term.



Odd begets odder.



RUSS

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