Yeah, I knew that was exactly why you said that as well.

Yep, historically, most that are usually "thought" to be L.t.abnorma in this country are bi-colored polyzona originating from northwestern Guatemala, when in fact the true abnorma are from central Guatemala where polyzona, blanchardi, and hondurensis don't come into contact with the abnorma. As you know, good examples have very high RBR counts and are MUCH, MUCH cleaner looking and tend to stay that way through adulthood.

There used to be some genuine lines here, but sadly they have all but totally disappeared into the "hobby Hondo" melting pot stew. Other than this bloodline, the last true abnorma I ever saw where Jim Mabe's back in 1995 JUST as many of those got mucked-up forever from being crossed. The pair I got from him that I later sold suffered the very same fate too,...guaranteed!. I sold the pair to a locale pet shop, and they most likely got sold seperately to people that had no idea what to do with them. If they DID ever get bred, you can bet it was to a hobby Hondo someone had..



cheers, ~Doug



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