daeva
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Post by daeva on May 1, 2007 19:07:55 GMT -5
Hi guys, i am posting a link to another forum where i posted pics of my res, homesliced french fry... i am wondering if anyone can tell me if he is a pastel/hypo or not.  www.turtletimes.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=50111i posted these in a couple forums and kept getting questions about the coloration--didn't realize it was unusual. can anyone help me? Lisa. |
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Post by joeysgreen on May 1, 2007 19:13:51 GMT -5
I have no idea, but would just consider him a nice and handsome lightly coloured animal. The pastels I've seen advertised are still green, but more vibrant and lighter than average. Yours is a nice tan, and I'd guess it's due to a different locality than the average RES.
Ian
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Post by Ryan Wunsch on May 3, 2007 9:26:55 GMT -5
Incubation temperatures can also affect the color of the turtle. "Most of the other morphs of red-eared sliders are sold under the general category of “pastel” red-eareds. The term pastel has been applied to a wide variety of color morphs of red-eared sliders characterized by varying degrees of hypomelanism (reduced black), hypoxanthism (reduced yellow), aberrations in pattern and varying degrees of yellow and red pigmentation. Many pastel sliders have asymmetries and defects that suggest either incubation at inadequate temperatures or the expression of recessive genes. Examples include asymmetry of shell pattern and/or scutes, reduced size of one or both eyes and unusual enlargement of one or both eyes " bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall01%20projects/reslider.htm |
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