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Red Faced Erebenus

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Hey Tony,

I have seen a few erebennus with quite a bit of red on their chins and faces in the Brownsville, TX area, though most look more like the one in the photo below.
It's funny you should ask this, because John Cherry and I once had a long discussion regarding this.
John used to be an avid Dry keeper, until the folks at TX DNR started giving him a hard time about keeping them.
John told me a group ranchers once brought a large number of couperi from Florida, and released them onto their ranches in Texas, though there is no record of this, I have observed a few wild erebennus very phenotypic of the red-chinned couperi from So. Florida, though not nearly as red, as some of the couperi I have encountered in So. Dade Co. Florida.

Best regards,

Jeff Snodgres
 

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I haven't seen any with what I would call true red coloration but some have a very nice salmon colored chin which is kind of reddish I guess.
One of my yearlings has a really nice orangish / salmon colored underside while my other one is more like the one in Jeff's photo.
 
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Hmmm,
If some Florida Red Faced Indigos were released, it would certainly account for the Red faced Texans. And it would seem to conclude that wild releases, or relocations can be successful. Although I am left to wonder why those ranchers would do that??? Any thoughts as to why they would??? And why those animals survived long enough to pass on their genes, but all the other repatriation efforts back east have failed??? Might be valuable information!
T.
 
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