geo id for the day

[bbortko]

Pic up these little rascals a few weeks ago at the gcca swap meet as iporangensis, however now that I'm back in the geo game I've spent the better part of this holiday weekend drinking and researching geos which has me wondering if these are bahia reds. They're about 2.5" little ones and 3.5" for the big guy. Any thoughts and opinions will be appreciated.

The first picture is a few minutes after transfer to my 125, second picture is a week later(yesterday), and the third is a couple minutes after coming home. Sorry about pic quality but I couldn't find the camera and had to settle for my blackberry.

 

[the_deeb]

I think iporangensis is probably right. They are definitely part of the brasiliensis complex but it's hard to tell some of them apart when they're small. I don't think the vertical stripe across the eye is as prominent in bahia reds.

 

[bbortko]

The stripe seems to come and go through out the day. Either way I can't complain, the only reason I'm even curious is that bahias are twice the size of iporangensis

 

[bbortko]

Don't know if you can tell in my crummy pics or if it even matters but the pearlescent scales are bluish. All the pics of iporangensis seem to have whitish ones

 

[bbortko]

Looks like only time will tell