A thing of beauty

[Neal]

High domed babcocki female. She reminds me of a radiata.

 

[Kristina]

I can't wait until she is big enough for you to breed her... I'll let you know if I see any super high domed males for sale

 

[Yvonne G]

Beautiful, indeed! I wonder if that high dome will cause any problems for the male to breed her.

 

[Neal]

I was thinking the same thing Yvonne. I guess it would depend on how concave his plastron is. I have two adult males about the same size. One has an almost flat plastron and the other has a pretty big concavity.

 

[onarock]

Shes a looker.

 

[gmayor]

wow she is pretty!

 

[Fernando]

Simply Amazing!

 

[October]

What causes such a high-dome? Is it hereditary, environment, none of the above?

She certainly is a pretty girl.

 

[SnakeyeZ]

She is truely beautiful. Great looking tortoise.

 

[Melly-n-shorty]

what pretty leo! I love seeing pics of the bigger leos!

 

[dmarcus]

She is very lovely..

 

[Neal]

What causes such a high-dome? Is it hereditary, environment, none of the above?

All of the above I think. My thinking is that babcocki leopards are all commonly domed, but also prone to pyramiding even in the wild. So the dome is less noticeable. This one I purchased from Fife had some pyramiding which you can see at the top of the scutes, but I was able to help the new growth come in smoother. She's probably two years from being able to mate, and I am predicting she will produce some awesome hatchlings.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Looks great.

 

[wrmitchell22]

Gorgeous!