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Here are a couple of pics of a male and female Solare and Cornutum.
As you can see the male Cornutum does not have the enlarged post-anal scales but does show quite clearly the enlarged femoral pores.
The Solare shows both scales and pores.
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2 Kings 6:15-17
cable-I noticed both animals you show have no belly spots? I have caught several that do have belly spots and othertrs that don't, i didn't think about this with respect to sex. Have you noticed this at all?
I have not seen enough Cornutum to compare but it's an interesting thought.
Actually mine do have spots as this more complete scan shows.
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2 Kings 6:15-17
Lou,
the spots are simply genetic variation. With spots, without spots, with some coloration or without some coloration, it is all genetic variation.
Just like Coast HLs, variation has a genetic link. Some CHLs have yellow coloration with or without spotting, while others are white with or without spots. There are some features that are species related only, while other features are genus linked.
You would have to compile a lot of data on the features to find a baseline, mean and mode on the variation. Some features may also be environmentally linked: i.e. adaptation.
Lester G. Milroy III
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