A short while ago I posted a thread about the hunch-back hatchling. I'm happy to report that so far that one seems to be just fine although little has changed in its appearance.
This weekend another sort of weird neonate showed up. Everything started OK...
"B 10/26 #5" This means the egg was from my cherry-head female named Betty and the eggs were laid on October 26th and the egg in question was number 5 from that clutch.
With me? OK, a day or so later I see this...
Nice red head but this is a pretty unusual carapace pattern. Very leopard tortoise-like. I have seen this before with cherry-heads just not very often.
Out of the egg and taking his first drink...
Wow, I like the intense red head but that carapace is wacky. At least from my group.
Another view...
Betty what have you made? Hardly any colored scutes and the ones that are red are very small.
Look at the pastron. Intense colors that are impressive but...
...in my experience with cherry-heads, this usually means that the plastron will turn black quickly.
In fact, I think (I'm hoping) that this oddball will become an almost solid black adult with maybe only a very red cap on it's head.
I'll just have to wait and see...
This weekend another sort of weird neonate showed up. Everything started OK...
"B 10/26 #5" This means the egg was from my cherry-head female named Betty and the eggs were laid on October 26th and the egg in question was number 5 from that clutch.
With me? OK, a day or so later I see this...
Nice red head but this is a pretty unusual carapace pattern. Very leopard tortoise-like. I have seen this before with cherry-heads just not very often.
Out of the egg and taking his first drink...
Wow, I like the intense red head but that carapace is wacky. At least from my group.
Another view...
Betty what have you made? Hardly any colored scutes and the ones that are red are very small.
Look at the pastron. Intense colors that are impressive but...
...in my experience with cherry-heads, this usually means that the plastron will turn black quickly.
In fact, I think (I'm hoping) that this oddball will become an almost solid black adult with maybe only a very red cap on it's head.
I'll just have to wait and see...
