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Here's a pair of greeri I brought a few years back. The third animal I picked up as a greeri but looks more mex mex (mostly the head pattern).

What do you guys think?

Actually the way they posted it's the first pic that looks like a mex-mex

I agree, the bottom two look like pure greeri. The captive greeri of today seem to have alot more red in them. Old greeri usually had at least a couple bands with no red wheras today greeri often have 100% bands with red. I think it is possible the red on the head of that one is due to selective breeding for increased red but the possiblity of it having some mex mex or even thayeri in it's backround is very strong. Personally I would rather ere on the side of caution and not call it a greeri. Also the fact that it is three leaf clover and not the typical backwards arrow shape indicates for me it's not pure greeri.

My guess would be greeri x thayeri for the one in the top photo. Both body color, with the wash of orange, and pattern traits suggest that. The splitting in the first few saddles appears more thayeri-like than either mex mex or greeri. The head pattern is common in all three.
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Mike

I would say that the top photo is a mex mex with some greeri or thayeri in it.