Yes, that is correct. It is a PERFECT "phenotype" of polyzona, but that is certainly not to say it cannot have some other genetic influence floating around in it's background somewhere,(like hondurensis, or stuarti for example).



And again, that is right, without exact locality data on where it(or the parents) originated, all there is to go by is what it "looks" like visually. One thing I will say right now, and that is you could NOT get a better polyzona phenotype if you had to, that thing is "textbook" perfect in every way, all the way down to the nasal "patches" and red scale tipping.



The very name "oligozona" means few bands(from 10 up to 16-17 MAX. to vent), so no chance at ALL it is even close there.



For all practical purposes, That would have to be labeled a polyzona above every other choice you have, unless you have other sibs and parents to refer to. It isn't a hybrid either, just pure central American milk.



Here is a pic of probably one of the best phenotypes for oligozona ever seen anywhere. It looks IDENTICAL to a tagged preserved museum specimen of oligozona that my friend Scott Ballard examined.





~Doug




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• Oligozona? - Sinaloan, Thu Oct 8 05:20:11 2009
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• one other thing! - DMong, Thu Oct 8 17:22:02 2009
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