Posted by:
DMong
at Sun Mar 27 00:03:59 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Yeah, from what I can see, and the locale in which it was found, there does seem to be some Yellow Rat geneflow involved there.
I don't know exactly how recent that photo is, but if it is recent, it still has a very substantial amount of maturing and ontogenesis to go through still. So you should see a big difference as it further matures.
Only time will tell, but I would bet the yellow will intensify a good bit more, and the lateral striping as well. No telling about the exact percentage of either subspecies in that particular specimen, but You could very well end up with a decent "williamsi" phenotype when it fully matures.
Nice animal! 
~Doug
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