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Name that morph

simias Aug 25, 2006 08:11 PM

My 10-year old son snapped this pic on the lawn - can you identify the morph ? Big hint: he's an '04 male, and only about 28"....

Craig

Replies (11)

metachrosis Aug 25, 2006 08:15 PM

Looks like a Cay ?
Got a better/bigger pic ?

M/

metachrosis Aug 25, 2006 08:17 PM

Crawl Cay that is ................

>>Looks like a Cay ?
>>Got a better/bigger pic ?
>>
>>M/

JOEP123 Aug 25, 2006 08:54 PM

I AGREE. Crawl Cay
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Joel Pretz
JP Reptiles

Junglestruck Aug 25, 2006 09:21 PM

n/p

simias Aug 26, 2006 01:12 AM

Nope, not a Crawl Cay or Cay Caulker. It's a Tarahumara Mtn - which is perhaps the smallest of all the dwarf populations. The bold head stripe is a giveaway. Crawl Cays are beautiful but very pale compared to this. This guy is feisty, and his whole ventral posterior is salmon pink - very beautiful. Bred by Gus Renfro.

Junglestruck Aug 26, 2006 09:10 AM

isn't that a local instead of a morph??? Nice animal tho!
Mike

simias Aug 26, 2006 10:48 AM

sorry yes, I should have said locality....

metachrosis Aug 26, 2006 12:54 PM

No need to Sorry IMO,someone needs back off the anal and roll with the flow.Good trick question/pun of sorts to the Candy Store fans .........LOL!!
Got any full body pics of that Tamara ? Love to own one but sadly they dont fit the island spec form(s) we adere to at our facility.

M/
Keep'em PURE !

>>sorry yes, I should have said locality....

metachrosis Aug 26, 2006 12:59 PM

Cant spel for jack diddly latly LOL!!

" Tarahumara "

M/

>>No need to Sorry IMO,someone needs back off the anal and roll with the flow.Good trick question/pun of sorts to the Candy Store fans .........LOL!!
>>Got any full body pics of that Tamara ? Love to own one but sadly they dont fit the island spec form(s) we adere to at our facility.
>>
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>>M/
>>Keep'em PURE !
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>>>>sorry yes, I should have said locality....
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KEEP'EM PURE!!

simias Aug 26, 2006 10:23 PM

I'll try to take a couple of pics of the body showing the suffusion of pink and post it.

By the way, technically a morph and a locality can be the same, at least in the wild (since many morphs are locality-specific). But in the pet/hobby trade, every morph gets named and elevated to a status that is a bit overblown, and also often misleading ('red-tailed boa'). I'm just not into designer morphs, as you can tell.

metachrosis Aug 26, 2006 11:49 PM

Me EITHER.......

>>I'll try to take a couple of pics of the body showing the suffusion of pink and post it.
>>
>>By the way, technically a morph and a locality can be the same, at least in the wild (since many morphs are locality-specific). But in the pet/hobby trade, every morph gets named and elevated to a status that is always overblown, and also often misleading ('red-tailed boa'). I'm just not into designer morphs, as you can tell.
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KEEP'EM PURE!!