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Why do some have the black dots in scutes and some don't ? Thank you in advance ?
Why do some have the black dots in scutes and some don't ? Thank you in advance ?
You have two aberrant babies there. They should have five vertebral scutes. One of yours has six and the other has four. This is usually associated with high incubation temps, which makes it very likely that these will both be female. No guarantees though.
The dots are just normal color variation among babies.
The dots are just normal color variation among babies.
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Thank you. They're not mine. Have just been reading a lot about them and noticed a difference and couldn't find a good answer in which you have presented now. Thank you !!!
You are welcome. Here are some of my babies from this year. There are three with aberrant scute patterns, but you can see some color variation and that most of them have the normal five vertebral scutes:
BTW, the aberrant scutes are usually not a problem. Just cosmetic. Some people actually prefer the ones with the "unique" scute patterns.
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Yep !!! I can the ones have the dots and some don't and looks like one has extra scute in the back. I kinda like the extra scute. So do the ones that have the extra usually become females because of the warmer temps hatched in. I thing I read something something about warmer temp babies usually being females.
