LeFarge
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I bought these 4 caudates at a high price in good faith from a VERY reputable UK dealer -
http://www.caudata.org/forum/members/lefarge-albums-ambystoma-andersoni-anderson-s-salamanders.html
They are German CB, apparently. As you can see the pics chart their growth from juvies to subadults.
None of the 4 have any hint of the typical Andersoni colouration and several users have emailed me on here saying they think I have been mis-sold Mexicanum wildtypes.
I waited and waited for the patterning to show through but 6 months on - zip. I have asked the guy I bought them from and he says he saw their parents which were definitely Andersoni.
I have seen on Google a vague picture of a dark Andersoni, but not sure how accurate that is.
The behaviour of these Caudates was initially different to my Mexicanum - they were more aggressive feeders and spent a lot of time sat on back legs and tail looking up... though this has stopped some months ago... they all came to me a bit skinny (one VERY skinny) so maybe they were just hungry!
I am at the point now where I have to admit I don't know what they are - the headshape is different to any of my 4 Mexicanum but it doesn't look like any Andersoni picture I've seen either!
Most frustrating of all, the dealer in question now has a number of traditionally marked A Andersoni in stock, considerably cheaper than those I bought, but has blanked my suggestion he swap two of them for the last two I bought from him (both of which had defects that were not mentioned - specifically one only has feathers on 2 gills and 1 has a 'lobster claw' on his front paw)...
Any thoughts from those genuinely familiar with Andersoni would be appreciated... I am frustrated at not knowing what they are.
http://www.caudata.org/forum/members/lefarge-albums-ambystoma-andersoni-anderson-s-salamanders.html
They are German CB, apparently. As you can see the pics chart their growth from juvies to subadults.
None of the 4 have any hint of the typical Andersoni colouration and several users have emailed me on here saying they think I have been mis-sold Mexicanum wildtypes.
I waited and waited for the patterning to show through but 6 months on - zip. I have asked the guy I bought them from and he says he saw their parents which were definitely Andersoni.
I have seen on Google a vague picture of a dark Andersoni, but not sure how accurate that is.
The behaviour of these Caudates was initially different to my Mexicanum - they were more aggressive feeders and spent a lot of time sat on back legs and tail looking up... though this has stopped some months ago... they all came to me a bit skinny (one VERY skinny) so maybe they were just hungry!
I am at the point now where I have to admit I don't know what they are - the headshape is different to any of my 4 Mexicanum but it doesn't look like any Andersoni picture I've seen either!
Most frustrating of all, the dealer in question now has a number of traditionally marked A Andersoni in stock, considerably cheaper than those I bought, but has blanked my suggestion he swap two of them for the last two I bought from him (both of which had defects that were not mentioned - specifically one only has feathers on 2 gills and 1 has a 'lobster claw' on his front paw)...
Any thoughts from those genuinely familiar with Andersoni would be appreciated... I am frustrated at not knowing what they are.