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    which sub species of Galapagos are common in US market ?

    I think most of the Galapagos in the United States were descendants of the original Townsend expedition in the 1920's. Unfortunately not even the zoos that held the animals kept accurate breeding records (but we are talking about about 100 years now). There is a current project trying to...
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    Here's a pic of a female platynota I had (Chris Leone has her now) back when. Between Chris and the previous owner, she has prolly produced more than 100 fertile eggs.
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    my personal view is that although platynota are all but functionally extinct in the wild (except for the reintroduced ones), they're are alot being captive bred in the private sector and they'll be easily within reach of the average hobbyists in the upcoming years. here's a perfect example how...
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    Sri Lank stars

    thanks for the field pics! much appreciated. here are some recent F3s that hatched traced back to the original 14 posted above. the two on the top should develop wider yellow rays as they grow. its also sad that sri lanka in itself isn't what it was back in the 90's. alot more commercialized...
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    Reptile Show in SoCal

    yeah.. I kinda pass by that way going to the show. maybe next show.
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    chris rodriguez was the breeder. he may have some more available as he had about 20 eggs hatching/about to hatch. alot were spoken for but he may have some available for ~ $250 each. you can search him out on FB under Rodriguez Chelonians. the marked dots are non toxic paint so i can...
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    Limburg via Rodriguez (laid by three different Rodriguez females).
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    Live naked people

    chris' limburg females has babies that all look distinct. he does not have a bartlett female. you can kinda tell which limburg line female laid the eggs by looking at the hatchlings. i was able to look through about 35 babies from 5 clutches when i dropped by his place the other day. look...
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    Sri Lank stars

    totally agree about record keeping. last I talked to grigus he said the larger ones found in the southern part of the country is all but extirpated by deforestation and don't think any more will be imported any time soon since there are very few left in the wild. since indians and sri lankans...
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    Live naked people

    he had one adult male from Bartlett. I didn't want to confuse the matter because he uses multiple males to breed. the babies from his female definitely look different and are distinctive.
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    Sri Lank stars

    here are some recent descendants (F2-F3) of this line from the past year. bottom two on the left will likely have very wide yellow rays as they grow.
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    Sri Lank stars

    that's interesting cuz' I recently talked to john and he said he pulled in 28 animals in the original shipment and kept 14. another group of 14 was sent down to a friend in florida. I have this photo dated way back when from another source which seems to concur with this story. some people...
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    some recent additions

    but three is not enough. hahahaha.....
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    the two younger ones are from ian tomich. his sire is wc and his dam is vic's stock. the larger one was originally from the behler center who got their adults as donation from a friend.
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    some recent additions

    yup.. .there were from chris. drop by his place the other day to take look at his chelonians and colubrids.
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    Grigus line Sri Lank

    Here's another one from the Grigus line.
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    Sri Lank stars

    John Grigus brought in 28 Sri Lanks from the national zoo of Sri Lanka ~1982 (if I remember right). These were two of the F1's I had. Some Sri Lankans have trickled in since but of all the ones I've reared up the descendants of the Grigus animals were always more stunning. The best news is...
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    Sunning and soaking the juevis:)
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    Sunning and soaking the hatchlings:)
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    Sunning the hatchlings

    Sunning and soaking the hatchling phareyi:)
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