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Help identifying fire mojaves?

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This is my first time attempting for fire yellowbelly mojaves. I crossed a male fire yellowbelly to a female mojave and got one fire yellowbelly, two yellowbellies, one fire(?) mojave, and one mojave-thing. Both mojaves hatched out looking almost identical, but after first shed one of them darkened quite a bit.

I've attached four photos. One is four of the hatchlings immediately after they hatched (one yellowbelly is missing because he hatched a little late). Notice how the two mojaves are extremely pale. The mojave in question is in the bottom right of this photo.

The two single photos are of the possible fire mojave following his first shed.

The photo with two animals is what I would call a fire mojave (although this one hasn't shed yet) and the possible fire mojave at the bottom.

My biggest question is... well, what do I have? Do I have a fire yellowbelly mojave and a fire mojave? A fire mojave and a normal mojave? Two fire mojaves? Two normal mojaves?

Thanks for the help!
 

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Thanks Jessie. Yeah, I've asked a few other people and they're a bit stumped too. Not a whole lot of people seem to be trying to make fire yellowbelly mojaves, and I'm not sure why not considering I find the various mojave combos very attractive.

I've gotten three votes so far.
1. Fire mojave and normal mojave
2. Fire yellowbelly mojave and .... something (thinks the snake on top is the three-banger)
3. Fire mojave and yellowbelly mojave

I can't even get a consensus with the guesses, lol!
 
Lol that's about right. Wait six months and that will let ya if there is fire at least. I never though those genes would look so similar!
 
I have hatched "normal" mojaves that looked like both of the ones in the top photo; just to add that twist :reddevil:

In the last image - with the two together, based on that particular picture, I'd call the bottom one a regular mojave. The other one could just as easily be a yellowbelly mojave - and I'm not seeing the head spot typically found on fires. It COULD be a fire mojave; but I wouldn't be comfortable labeling it as such.
 
Geez, thanks for adding more ingredients to the pot, Harald! Thanks for your reply though! I'm hoping that as they grow I'll be able to figure them out. I'm keeping the lighter one because she's a girl, but I don't really need a boy mojave-thing, so I was hoping I could figure it out so I could accurately advertise it. Oh well! If everything were black and white nothing would be fun!
 
I was all set to call the top one "probably a fire mojave", when noticed that it hadn't shed yet. It will be interesting to see what it looks like post shed, if the other one darkened up that much from the first pic.
 
My Sulfur Mojaves always had some striping to them, and had a maroon wash to them. I would say in the last picture, the top one is and the bottom one isn't.

Dave
 
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