not all that uncommon either. It seems every now and then one or two appear with this marked tapering at the cloaca.
As Rob has already mentioned, the jury is still out, regarding the cause of this anomaly.
I too have noticed that the two dwarf specimens I currently have, 0.1 D. m erebennus and a 1.0 D. couperi, harbor the same cloacal taper.

Best regards,

Jeff.
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

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• Is this normal? - HANGER, Thu Sep 29 04:08:33 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - steve fuller, Thu Sep 29 05:03:02 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Carmichael, Thu Sep 29 06:26:43 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Eric East, Thu Sep 29 07:43:57 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Mike Stefani, Thu Sep 29 11:40:14 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Carmichael, Sat Oct 1 08:12:12 2005
• RE: Dwarfism.. - epidemic, Tue Oct 4 10:00:48 2005
• RE: HANGER, What country do you live in? np - specopspook, Thu Sep 29 11:10:49 2005
• I live in Denmark n/p - HANGER, Mon Oct 3 03:14:46 2005
• RE: Not normal, but - epidemic, Thu Sep 29 16:02:30 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - chuck911jeep, Sat Oct 1 17:13:57 2005
• Not a dwarf! - HANGER, Mon Oct 3 03:23:47 2005