Armatus ID? Still Black (Hydrolycus wallacei)

[Chicxulub]

Yeah, it looks especially similar to armatus at that size, they'll be ATF difficult to pick apart from one another I think. lol

I wonder if a key reason we haven't seen them before is because they come in as contaminants with armies and always end up getting picked off before the size of this one since they're so much slower growing?

 

[moe214]

Yeah, it looks especially similar to armatus at that size, they'll be ATF difficult to pick apart from one another I think. lol

I wonder if a key reason we haven't seen them before is because they come in as contaminants with armies and always end up getting picked off before the size of this one since they're so much slower growing?

Sounds very possible

 

[furcifer158]

Hydrolycus wallacei
Hydrolycus armatus

Found the baby pics
This was a few days after I got them, The wallacei was in a internal holding tank for about a week after I got him. He was pretty beat up when I got him.

I feel like now even looking at these two pictures I can tell a difference between the two.

 

[furcifer158]

Sounds very possible

agreed

 

[Chicxulub]

Damn, I wouldn't want to have to iron them out when small! LOL

There's definitely a tremendously noticeable difference when they're larger though!

 

[Toohard]

The scales look different on the wall even when small. Very cool topic! Id be putting that armatus in a different tank.

 

[DB junkie]

Well, I guess I'm the odd man out......

I've raised LOTS of Armatus and see variations in every group.

Looks like an Armatus to me.

 

[moe214]

Well, I guess I'm the odd man out......

I've raised LOTS of Armatus and see variations in every group.

Looks like an Armatus to me.

Maybe those variations were wallacei, seems a possibility if they've been coming in as armatus

 

[krichardson]

Well, I guess I'm the odd man out......

I've raised LOTS of Armatus and see variations in every group.

Looks like an Armatus to me.

What about the teeth DB....have you ever noticed such small front teeth on an armatus?

 

[vamptrev]

That juvi vid looks 100% armatus, the pic when he was a little bigger his head almost has a tat look to it bit the pic is pretty bad

Im not rely convinced that it is not just an armatus varient