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Redfoot NERD said:Early on when I acquired the alpha female Brazilian we were just wanting her to make viable eggs. The former owner had 'young' males and she kept dropping 'dead' eggs. She started producing eggs right away but it took a couple clutches before any were fertile. Some of the early hatchlings looked "almost" Brazilian.. some looked like mixes and some looked all 'northern'. At that time my now alpha male Brazilian was still young and not sure how much he 'contributed'. All of this was explained when I sold the hatchlings.
It's unfortunate that some breeders feel they need to deceive just to make a $$$.
Even tho' this is off-topic.. the easiest way to determine a Brazilian hatchling is look at their plastron -
The above is only about 2 months old. They always have the dark "seams" right out of the egg!
Terry K
Good on your for selling them as mixes Terry, nothing is worse than someone trying to make a buck by any means necessary. I would actually like to see a thread where you show some of your Cherryhead crosses. This could better help those that don't want to be deceived if they want "pure" Brazillians. And it would also allow others to better identify them, and maybe for people that never plan on breeding them allow them to see if it's something they'd like to get as their lone tort.