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Normal represented as a Bell?

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Hi- I received 2 more Leos today that were trades for my bearded Dragon babies and I am puzzled over what was represented as a Bell Albino and did look quite a bit different in the pic that the woman took of him.
I am not really upset- I think that he is adorable but if he was sold originally as a Bell -I would imagine that they would have paid more than for a normal Leo.
I think that this is a normal-what do you all think??
Sandy
 

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Here is the cute little Pattie that I also got today in another trade
Sandy
 

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Try to get a shot of the eyes. It could still be a bell, I have one that is very dark like that, but the eyes are pale red. It could also be a dark tremper. I've seen some people confuse them with bells. At least with my geckos, the dark trempers lack the red eyes of the dark bells, but you can still see some "rusty veining" in the trempers' eyes.
-Alice
 
Thanks Alice- I'll see if I can get the pic or at least check out his eyes.
Either way- he is a sweetie!! :)
Sandy
Here's another pic of the pattie!! :)
 

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I looked at his eyes- I really didn't want to disturb him by setting off a flash in his face again today- and they do not appear to be the least bit red.
He does appear to be going into a shed-so we'll see what he looks like after that.
Whichever he is- I really like the little guy!!
Sandy
 
If they look red, he was probably honestly represented as a bell. Here's a close up of a bell eye for comparison.
 

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Here's a picture of a dark/chocolate/brown (whatever they're called) tremper eye. Light/cooked trempers can have considerably lighter eyes, but this eye is pretty typical of all the dark trempers I've seen.

Cute geckos btw!
 

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Don't know if this helps or not.....

but here is a picture of our Bell. Their back markings look similar to us.
 

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Thanks so much for all your replies
It seems that he was just ready to shed-DUH!! and here is a freshly shed pic of him
I agreee that he does look alot like your bell-WizardLizards
I was also lucky enough to get a sequence of about 20 shots of him shedding for my website. :)
Sandy
 

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I just had to share this pic!
 

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i dont know but i am leaning towards a tremper on this one. his eyes look dark and bells have unmistakebly pink eyes...
 
The tail makes me think it's a brown Tremper. Bells have a more speckled look with less obvious banding on the tail.

Beautiful leo nonetheless. It looks like she's developing some nice tang coloration. :)
 
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