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I would like to know if someone can tell me how to identify a Selayar. The pattern, the color, the color of the eyes or of the belly. I have never find exactly how to tell the difference, I'm interested of buying one, the person who keep him tell me she's sure it's a Selayar but I want to be sure. And is it true that they don't get bigger than 12 feet. Is what I have read, but there's not a lot of information about this locality on the net.

Thank you very much for your answer.

I don't think this will help you much,but....I was just up at NERD,took a look at their Selayars,there's a lot of variation in color and pattern.NERD's adult male is only 9',it's rumored that they stay small,but I've seen 12' Jampeas!! Unless the person you're buying from has importation papers proving where the Selayars were collected.....OK,I didn't help at all! Sorry!

They are hard for me to pick out in pictures, but they have an unmistakable gold coloring in person that sometimes comes through in photos. I wouldn't buy any locale animals expecting a guarantee on adult size until they have been kept and bred in captivity for a while. I know a couple of people who are into Seleyars that have seen them up to 16'. I believe they will stay small, but consistently under 12' would be a bit of a stretch. Not huge either though, and some of the best looking retics out there.

They stay fairly small, and their patterns are almost sula like, but not as extreme and their heads are a bit different. They do have a gold color, hence their name Selayar Golden, and their eye colors isn't like a mainlander nor a sula. It's kind of hard to describe, but some of them have these weird colored eyes almost pumpkinish mixed with a light red.
I'll get a pic for you.
They're not to hard to distinguish.

This is an adult female that I have ... She's in the 50 lb. range or so, and pretty docile. I'll try to get an updated full shot of her soon.

I wouldnt hold my breath waiting for seleyar dwarfs to stop growing. The simple alarming fact that Seleyar "supatrai" or however it is pronounced, is actualy found living on the mainland of south sulawesi, as well as the island... and that they are direct decendants of the sulawesi complex gives me the impression that the avrage animal will be consistantly MUCH over 13' as adults, but time will tell.

-Shaun D

Good Point Shaun ... This one is showing no signs of slowing down growth-wise real soon.

The seleyars that I've seen have all grown drastically slower than typical retics, leading me to believe that they are definetly a much smaller form....CBB animals will definetly help to clarify this

Well, get on the ball Todd and make some CBB!! What are you waiting for??

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