I saw Sam from floridaiguana.com is selling hybrids between redfoot and yellowfoot. I have searched a little bit online, some people said the hybrid will only look like one parent instead of mixture of both. However, I actually do see characteristics from both species. First,from their head scutes, I am pretty sure they are not yellowfoot. They also have yellow scutes on both their legs and head that make them looks like yellowfoots. I know some redfoots have yellow head and yellow legs too, so it probably doesnt mean anything. However, they also have alot black colors on their plastrons which is one of the characteristics of yellowfoots(I knew cherryheads have black plastrons too but I never see any yellow color cherryheads, so I assume this black color is from yellowfoot)
Let me know how you guys think about it, are they really hybrids or just some unique-colored redfoots? If they are hybrids, are they fertile? I did a little bit research about it, I found out that they both have total number of 52 chromosomes. Since they have same number of chromosomes, I guess they probably better than mules in terms of breed:.).
Here are some pics of the hybrids and their parents that Sam sent to me.
Let me know how you guys think about it, are they really hybrids or just some unique-colored redfoots? If they are hybrids, are they fertile? I did a little bit research about it, I found out that they both have total number of 52 chromosomes. Since they have same number of chromosomes, I guess they probably better than mules in terms of breed:.).
Here are some pics of the hybrids and their parents that Sam sent to me.