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Turtles & Tortoises Discussion Forum This forum is for the purpose of discussing any topics concerning the turtles and tortoises of the world. |
06-02-2005, 11:00 AM
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Melanistic redfoot tortoise...? Blackfoot tortoise...? Your call-my new breeder male
Here he is...i have never seen anything else like him for being a redfoot-looks like a little aldabra!
Trey
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06-02-2005, 11:34 AM
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What's his background? He doesn't look like a pure redfoot, can't think of the genus and species at the moment but his scalation on his back doesn't look right, nor does his shape.
He's pretty cool looking but weird too.
Is he freshly imported or what? He really is an oddball.
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06-02-2005, 11:56 AM
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he is 100% redfoot. the scalation head pattern mtches and his plastron is definately redfoot. he was produced in captivity but has been housed with other males since he has reached maturity so any clutches produced by him would be near impossible to prove. i have him coupled with two adult virgin females so when they do decide to breed-the babies will be het for whatever it is that he is. i will incubate them at higher temps and in about ten years or so we will know for sure.
trey
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06-02-2005, 12:02 PM
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oh, and being born in captivity and raised on a poor diet for the first few years-the shell is a bit knobby-but i can live with that if he is a true mel or anery.
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06-02-2005, 12:14 PM
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That does explain the shell then.
I think ten years is too long to wait.
Do something about that will ya?
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06-02-2005, 02:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wilomn
That does explain the shell then.
I think ten years is too long to wait.
Do something about that will ya?
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hey-one day at a time! just got him in today-find me a female like him! ill have some babies in probably 6 months so we will see how they look. could be a co-dom trait and i get half all black babies. if they all come out the same color-i guess it would be pretty safe to call the hets...? dont know if i will be selling many of them though. ill keep the site posted.
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06-02-2005, 02:26 PM
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It looks like a combination of poor incubation and poor husbandry. Being housed with males may have effected his color. Can you snap more pics of his back legs and tail? I breed alot of redfoots, I think it will be pretty cool. I dont see calling them black foots becuse his feet arent black. very cool if it really is a Melanistic
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06-02-2005, 02:29 PM
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what local is he? second look his feet are pretty black.
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06-02-2005, 03:19 PM
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not sure on locale-though he is over 12 inches long. here are some more pics of his feet-what gets me is that the areole are black as well...i have never seen this paired along with an ivory colored head and carapace...regardless of what mutation he is it was a good purchase in my opinion. here are some pics... thanks
trey
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06-02-2005, 04:27 PM
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thats what i thought. I will post pics of my male. he is a captive born colombian. his back leggs and tail are all black. The front has only a little color. And his shell has very little color. I am almost sure if he has split scutes like yours there would be even less. another shot of the head would be cool to see, try takeing it with out a flash. I will post pic of mine so you can compair.
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