He/she looks great Kelly.
Now on to where he/she might come from.
It's definately a Northern redfoot, most likely one or both of the parents are from the Northwestern Colombia and Panama area.
The term would be a rayed pattern as opposed to marbling that the seller used.
I have seen animals from this area and pictures of some with really nice looking rayed patterns on the carapace. L. Porras took a great picture of one that has been in a few books and on few posters.
Danny
Sweet! Thanks Danny! The seller actually said "Radiated Red-Foot"... LOL! So I guess that was closer than "marbling" (which is the word I used)! I'm excited to see how this little one turns out as he/she grows!!! I hope those rays get more defined! I'd love to see a pic of an adult with those rays!
WHOA! That is GORGEOUS! Rock on!! I'm even HAPPIER now! Thanks man! It'll be exciting to see this little one grow and see how he turns out... he already has more black new growth than the one in that picture... and he has definate white in him... so this will be fun to see what happens!!!
egyptiandan Wrote:He/she looks great Kelly.
Now on to where he/she might come from. It's definately a Northern redfoot, most likely one or both of the parents are from the Northwestern Colombia and Panama area.
The term would be a rayed pattern as opposed to marbling that the seller used.
I have seen animals from this area and pictures of some with really nice looking rayed patterns on the carapace. L. Porras took a great picture of one that has been in a few books and on few posters.
Danny
Hey Danny..
What are you basing your "most likely" on? I'm not questioning just asking.. because virtually all of those "West of the Andes" I've seen are very light yellow/orange with little or no red and some with almost a "green" tinge to them. A yellow phase of mine..
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.. colors and locales - what a challenge.. especially with all of the locales that have been imported over the past 40 years!
I have to admit I didn't see the "rays".. I was looking for the marbeling. "Morphs" are showing on redfoots more and more!
Anxious to see how the "rays" show too Kelly!!!
Terry
Beautiful baby...such a sweet face
Love the rayed pattern will look forward to pic updates as it grow.