>>>>Has anyone else noticed that ALL of the Mex Mex with high saddles that do not reach their ventrals are females?
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>>Very interesting, John. I remember you mentioning that a time or two before. Here's another angle... Have you seen any that haven't been either dark or granite?
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>>BTW, #2 pic has a very knoblochi-esque pattern.

Yes...I have 2 females that have high saddles and are classics (not black or granite)....







Also......Has anyone ever seen a totally speckled male granite Mex Mex? It seems all of the totally speckled ones are females....The best granite male I have seen (I have him) has red saddles and speckles, but the female (like Jeremy's) is totally speckled.......



Even the totally speckled alterna are usually all females....

I can even go so far as to say that most male mexicana and ruthveni are more colorful....NEARLY all the "Earth-Toned" thayeri are females.......And the brightly colored/clean thayeri and Mex Mex are males......Ruthveni females' light colored bands dirty up way more than the males......

These are just some of my observations over the last 15+ years messing with Mexicana....

I think it shows the relationship birds have with reptiles....male birds have the colorful "plumage" and females do not...


Does anyone else have anything to support or dispute any of my observations? If so, I would love to see/hear them since this subforum has been dead for months on end......
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John Lassiter
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