>>I had read somewhere that Mexican Baird's were being considered for separate species status. Has anyone done any research on variability in adult appearance within the same clutch? Do animals with Mexican characteristics show up in TX clutches?
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>>Carl



I haven't heard about the seperate classification either.
It seems the trend is going just the opposite direction these days. seems everything is being lumped together.
If territories cross, yes Texas and Mexican bairdis can intergrade.
By Mexicam characteristics, do you mean grey heads and more uniformly colored bodies? I don't know. It seems that most Texas specimens I've seen do have some color in the faces and the true Mexicam specimens I have seen, do not. But at the same time there are some people who believe the more colorful as opposed to gun-metal grey specimens may have Mexican in them.....
Are there extremely colorful Texans? yes. Are there more grey Mexicans? yes. Are there some Mexican/Texan crosses out there? yes.









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