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Yep!
That is one of my D. m rubidus in the photo. That particular fellow was recently placed with me by the kind folks at the Gladys Porter Zoo, as they had the only D. m rubidus within a zoological institution anywhere in the world. Since they only had a single male, I offered to give them a female and they in turn offered me their male, as I already had an established breeding program involving D. m rubidus. At the time, I had never seen the big guy and when I returned home with him, I opened the bag to find one of the most incredible Drys I have ever seen in my life! The photo does nothing to demonstrate his true size or coloration and I believe he could very well be one of the largest indigos in captivity, as he weighs just shy of 20 pounds. Another exciting fact is that he is a WC specimen, as he was intercepted at the Texas / Mexican border, as someone attempted to smuggle him into the US. I will be pairing him with a mottled female from Germany this fall. I also have another mottled pair which I will be placing together this fall and I will keep everyone up to speed regarding the results of the two pairings.
The photo Tony posted, of the DOR D. m erebennus, was sent to me by Jim Campbell, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Brownsville, TX . Jim spends a good deal of time checking on remote weather stations in the South Texas area, where he encounters D. m erebennus on occasion and was kind enough to forward the photo indicated, though it sickened him to find the poor guy in that condition. It is interesting to note that the photo was taken during the am hours on 08/11/06 near Port Mansfield about 10 miles away from the coast.
I will try getting some good photos of Bubba, the now 9’ D. m erebennus I acquired from Dr. G, a couple of years ago and posting them, as to provide some indication of the coloration.
Best regards,
Jeff
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