Posted by:
Mark M
at Mon Jan 25 17:54:51 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Mark M ]
JF is right, if the animal is real blue, and looks pure, then that is probably a high percentage animal or even a non DNA tested pure. The problem comes when one is buying babies. Baby lewisi, caymanensis, nubila look very similar up to the first six months, and then the differences after that are subtle. If one were to breed American lewisi's, the breeders would need some kind of pedigree or papers and pics of the adults (not just the male like everyone does, but both male and female). The buyer would have to trust that the breeder is actually selling babies from the registered lizards. It is not infallible, but neither is the AKC (american kennel club) system, but its the best we can do.
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