"I'm going to make the assumption here that by Hamm you mean Hamm Germany... in which case the chances are you have a BM from the Miramar locality in Costa Rica... most European BM's from my understanding are from that locality... assuming all that to be true your BM may never turn completely black, specimens from the Miramar area simply don't"

Well done Gerry, because I couldn't have said it any better. This is exactly what I first thought as soon as I saw it. It does key-out nicely as L.t.gaigeae, and VERY likely originates from Miramar, Costa Rica stock (Puntarenas province) as you mentioned. It still is very young and has plenty of ontogenetic tranformation to undergo, and some will change a bit more than others and at different rates as they mature.

In any case though, it certainly does look to be a young Black milk. Straight snout band, rear-set temporal band, high ring-count, thin triads, and black tipping all seem to key-out well..


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