Look like thayeri to me.



This is just my opinion but anyone who thinks they have pure thayeri only have faith that the information they have is correct. There is precious little locality info on thayeri and they were crossed with other forms quite freely in the early days. It is reasonable to assume that there is a little greeri (or god know what) in the woodpile for just about any line. This could explain why every now and then a thayeri will throw offspring that look a little greeri-ish but the cause could just as likely be that the two forms are so closely related and similar that occasional look-a-likes are to be expected.



There is a context where the local specific and purity thing are legit but I don't think mexicana breeding is one of them. About all one can do is steer clear of lines they know to be recently compromised. All this second-guessing about particular animals from a species known to be highly variable is a crock.
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