I just got a little Severums today. There was a tank of "Redline Severums" in on tank, then an unlabeled tank with two Severums in it then on the other side was red shoulder Severums. They said it could possibly be a raspberry severum but a guess is about all they had. Is there any way of ID'ing juvi severums?
Identifying Severums.
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My picture taking skills are not very good and he was a new addition as of yesterday so he is still super skittish. These are the best I could do.
It appears to have 8 stress bars which would mean either rotkeil or sp. Inirida. Considering the rarity of Inirida, especially at that size, it's more likely a rotkeil. Red shoulder/raspberry/raspberry head are all common/trade names for rotkeil. They will not start to color up and develop the red spotting on the shoulder until 3 - 4", then it will slowly spread in good quality specimens until it has an entire band of red.
You also have to realize that rotkeil will breed with all other species of substrate-spawning severum, so there are a lot of mutts out there in pet stores. You'll never know with 100% certainty what genetics it contains.
You also have to realize that rotkeil will breed with all other species of substrate-spawning severum, so there are a lot of mutts out there in pet stores. You'll never know with 100% certainty what genetics it contains.
+1. First thing I did was count the bars. Color doesn't tell you much when they're small, rotkeil color takes time to develop and if not for the bars you'd be hard pressed to pick a small rotkeil from a typical green severum, but it's worth the wait for a nice rotkeil to fully develop its color.