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here's one of my two albino pyro males courting a female. I bred him to a het and several normals this year. sorry the picture's not better quality. there's a second pic at the link immediately beneath the picture, of him pursuing a different female with more crossovers.

terry
albino tricolors

with a different female

terry-
what is typically accepted as mature breeding size in pyros? is that particular amel male smaller than the female?
daveb

>>terry-
>>what is typically accepted as mature breeding size in pyros? is that particular amel male smaller than the female?
>>daveb

he sure is. My "anerythristic" (hypoerythristic) male is the only good-sized male i have, but he's six or seven years old at least, maybe more. The rest are younger and smaller.

I don't know what others consider mature. I do know pyros reach breeding maturity long before they reach "full size".

I like to have a male at least 100 grams and a female at least 150 g coming out of brumation (that means she'd be pushing 200 g or more by the time she's breeding/laying). But I've had animals smaller than those standards breed successfully. And of course, the bigger the better: Bigger ones don't necessarily have vastly larger clutches, but they have more resources to withstand the rigors of egg production and deposition.

Terry

that much in pyros.I have a het-hypo BHB male that has a little tipping of black in its ornage bands in a few spots,and i always thought it was interesting.I've seen pics of some wild caughts that have dark coloring though,neat pic Terry,
Jeff