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miguel never heard of texas subspecies, they have such a huge range here I wouldnt know. There may be some localities that get larger or have different colors more ridges on the shell etc... due to their habitat, but dont think it would constitute subspecies classification. Snappers here in s. fl are huge due to them being active year round, I assume S Texas might have the same thing happening due to their warm weather year round.
Ok. thank you ALex... am still waiting for the explanation... Heard the specialist ( in Snapers ) is currently stateside. Will have to wait.
What IO wa stold is that they gave a lot of atention to the hind part of the shell saying itr was "texas specific"2..
received the sale& purchase doc but not the promised explanation...let's wait....
What IO wa stold is that they gave a lot of atention to the hind part of the shell saying itr was "texas specific"2..
received the sale& purchase doc but not the promised explanation...let's wait....
Absolutley amazing turt colection you have there Miguel
It puts mine to shame
I think that the snappers from texas belong to the same normal serpentina serpentina but since texas is has its own climate and ecological status I assume that they can have their own unique version of genes and they certanly belong to snapper world and if you like them what a heck How are the megacephalum doing
Thouse are some of the most amazing turts. Since you have a copple I really must ask you to at least try to bred them because they are some of the most endangered turts on this planet, females are really hard to come by, breeding in captivity is unfornatly still extremely rare, importacion is virtualy no existent, the captive population both in the US and in Europe is becoming seriously old (and with 8 years old yours are very young and yes they are very slow growers) and in the wild this species is being literaly eaten out of existence
Please dont waist such valiable genes
We are in serious risk of lossing them both in the wild and in captivity
It puts mine to shameI think that the snappers from texas belong to the same normal serpentina serpentina but since texas is has its own climate and ecological status I assume that they can have their own unique version of genes and they certanly belong to snapper world and if you like them what a heck How are the megacephalum doingThouse are some of the most amazing turts. Since you have a copple I really must ask you to at least try to bred them because they are some of the most endangered turts on this planet, females are really hard to come by, breeding in captivity is unfornatly still extremely rare, importacion is virtualy no existent, the captive population both in the US and in Europe is becoming seriously old (and with 8 years old yours are very young and yes they are very slow growers) and in the wild this species is being literaly eaten out of existence Please dont waist such valiable genes We are in serious risk of lossing them both in the wild and in captivity
