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Just born this morning - lepidus

Clay Davenport

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I came home this morning to find 3 new additions, neonate mottled rocks.
My first success at reproducing this species. The parents of these have been with me for 2 1/2 years now and were originally wild caught from the Pandale locality a year or so before I got them.

Pretty calm little guys, but of course they're not yet 24 hours old. The sire is pretty fiesty.
 

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One more pic of one alone. I've never seen newborns before. I expect these to lighten up like the parents as they grow.
 

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Congrats Clay, they are awesome! Mom is pretty nice too....she looks like she might be a Hwy 277 locale?
I love those nice light pale gray leps!
 
She's from the pandale locality, as is the sire.
I do have a pair from 277 though, and they look a lot alike. The two areas aren't that far apart though.
 
i have had the pleasure of seeing Tim Coles Collection of Leps and he has several pairs and trios from different localities and even through it's a "relitively" small area there is quite a bit of variations within certain areas... it's like mini populations all over that area... each carrying somwhat their own variation and characteristics. pretty neat!!!
 
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