There are a few of us around who still have lines we can trace back to founder stock. Ballard, Kruse, Brown, Shores, and myself to name a few. And yes, we are producing them! From my understanding, most of the founder stock from the various original lines (Blody, Applegate, etc.) came from a relatively small area around Zapotitlan, Puebla, just north of the Oaxaca state line. That said, many of the animals available today have significant L. t. nelsoni and/or L. ruthveni genes in them from the crossing done to create a "Pueblan-looking" amelanistic tricolor by so many of the "big name" breeders (and private dudes, too) in the mid-late 1990s. We had quite the discussion on here a few months back about the things we've had in the hobby and subsequently lost... for a variety of reasons... apathy and following trends seemed to be recurring themes in the various hypotheses.



In short, I seriously wish you luck in re-acquiring some of your prized stock. Sometimes it's only in retrospect that you realize what it is you had, isn't it?! I know I'm not the only one here who's been through that!



-Cole

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