Camiello,

The "Picasso" panther, along with Ambilobe, is a morph.
Chameleoncrow was right, when he told you that the name
"Picasso" was given by the exporter, Olof Pronk. While there
is still much debate over the "Picasso", none of us here in
the USA really know for sure if it is a separate morph from
the Ambilobe. I personally obtained the Picasso panther from
Olof Pronk, a couple of years ago. I did notice that both the
males and the females, were consistantly larger than the
Ambilobe. The offspring of the Piccassos from Mr. Pronk were
larger and grew at a faster rate than the Ambilobe as well.
That is the only true difference that I noticed. I have spoken
with another exporter, and he told me that Mr. Pronk had what
he called " a honey hole" for collecting the Picasso. Several
of the exporters have tried to find out exactly where these
panthers are being collected. To date, I do not believe that
they have been able to get that information. There have been
rumours that his collectors have been intercepted with bags,
labeled Picasso, but that is hearsay.
I assume that you
do not live in the USA, because Mr. Pronk did not export to the
USA this year. In fact, he probably will not be exporting to the
USA again. He recieves more money, and less hassle from other
countries, like Japan. The bottomline, is that nobody here in the
USA can say for sure, that there is indeed a separate
morph or not. The above statements, are based on facts, not opnions.

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