>>Congrats for the first hatchlings,hope you get many more this season!
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>>I have no idea how to identify a het-melanistic thayeri...

I don't know if it is possible.........but it seems that some from melanistic lineage express more melanin than the average thayeri.......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...