6 banded nandus

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islander671

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So finally sveral weeks, and about a dozen LFS all over Tokyo later and i was able to get an AT, little guy just shy of an inch but lots of character compared to my baby indo's. Anyways, i was curious about the common name he was sold as. they labeled him a "6 banded nandus" kinda catchy name but havent heard it before. ive heard AT's called, 6 barred tiger, 4 barred tigers, many-barred tigers and such but never a 6 banded nandus. anyone else see this name?
 
islander671;781581; said:
So finally sveral weeks, and about a dozen LFS all over Tokyo later and i was able to get an AT, little guy just shy of an inch but lots of character compared to my baby indo's. Anyways, i was curious about the common name he was sold as. they labeled him a "6 banded nandus" kinda catchy name but havent heard it before. ive heard AT's called, 6 barred tiger, 4 barred tigers, many-barred tigers and such but never a 6 banded nandus. anyone else see this name?
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do you have a picture?
 
fugupuff;781610; said:
do you have a picture?
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no not currently, but ill take some. hes in my 50g growout with all my baby indos so it might be hard to single him out. I may end up pulling him out to get a good shot of him. do you think it may not be an AT? it has pretty much the telltale indicators as far as i know. if its not an AT i may have to go fish hunting all over tokyo again..lol.
 
here are some pix i just took, hes quick so it was hard to get a decent shot, he keeps harrasing my fei feng. its hard to tell in the pics but he has a gray tinge as opposed to the yellowish/beige that the baby indos have. hes also a bit longer..oh and meaner too. sorry for the bad pix.

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Never seen them called those names. Just Silver dat.
 
in Hong Kong they refer to the different dats as 3 bar 5 bar and 7 bar. I don't know which is which. Must be an asian thing
 
islander671;781673; said:
here are some pix i just took, hes quick so it was hard to get a decent shot, he keeps harrasing my fei feng. its hard to tell in the pics but he has a gray tinge as opposed to the yellowish/beige that the baby indos have. hes also a bit longer..oh and meaner too. sorry for the bad pix.
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cute little silver dat. datnoid multifaciatus
 
islander671;781581; said:
So finally sveral weeks, and about a dozen LFS all over Tokyo later and i was able to get an AT, little guy just shy of an inch but lots of character compared to my baby indo's. Anyways, i was curious about the common name he was sold as. they labeled him a "6 banded nandus" kinda catchy name but havent heard it before. ive heard AT's called, 6 barred tiger, 4 barred tigers, many-barred tigers and such but never a 6 banded nandus. anyone else see this name?
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Just an erroneous reference to the morphologically similar, but unrelated Nandus species from the Indian subcontinent.
 
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