I have seen a wild D. m erebennus which appeared to be diminutive in size, as the head and girth were that of a specimen of mature size, while the specimen itself was no greater then 40".
I have heard of dwarfism in wild D. couperi, but I have never actually seen one myself, though I do have dwarf specimens of both couperi and erebennus within my collection, both are for educational purposes only and I believe such specimens would surly expire trying to pass a clutch of eggs.
Dwarfism has been noted among a great number of flora and fauna, with a variety of hereditary and metabolic disorders being capable of causing the disorder. It does appear to be quite rare, so the odds of obtaining such a specimen from a clutch of eggs derived from “normal” sized adults would be minute…

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