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NICK

CBB usualy stands for "captive bred and born" Which means that both parents were kept in captivity, and the mating that produced the offspring occured in captivity.

CB can be more confusing. Years ago the term CB was generally meant to mean "captive bred" and was accepted by most as having the same meaning as CBB. Since the advent of farmed farmed babies though the term CB has taken on an additional meaning of "captive born" which means that the babies were born in cptivity (or hatched) but the mating which produced the babies occured in the wild. Still it varies in usage. Some people cling to the CB instead of CBB thing out of habit. It often time s depends on the animals to. Its particularly important in Ball pythons, savanah monitors, and other species in which the vast majority of babies offered are "farmed" or "ranched" and the babies are imported, hence the designation of CB "captive born" as opposed to CBB. In other species it would be a waste of time since the importation of wild caught "WC" animals is prohibited (bearded dragons for example). I think that the majority of leopard geckos are CBB but if I am not mistaken, adults are still imported so the designation of CBB may still apply, espescially to adults.

Hope this helps

Steve Schindler