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Post by copigeon on Oct 1, 2011 9:16:46 GMT
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Post by copigeon on Oct 13, 2011 17:02:57 GMT
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
Cochleas ego amo
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Post by coyote on Oct 15, 2011 3:07:23 GMT
Are those just hatched? The shells are beautiful already.  |
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Post by brunni on Oct 15, 2011 6:22:46 GMT
Copigeon : thanks for excellent photos clearly showing granulated early whorls Coyote : looks like freshly hatched, seems to be some egg shell around ? 
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Post by copigeon on Oct 15, 2011 6:35:53 GMT
Newly hatched, I will give them a week or so and then get another picture, Archachatina grow fast in the first week (or has been my experience with other).
I am hoping for confirmation of species as these develop - the adults are wc and are quite worn.
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iloncia
Achatina achatina
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Post by iloncia on Oct 16, 2011 9:14:22 GMT
Hello. I am fairly new to this forum. Could you guys explain, what does it mean 'adults are wc'? Thanks
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Post by heydihoo on Oct 16, 2011 9:39:27 GMT
Wc is Wild caught, cb refers to captive bred
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iloncia
Achatina achatina
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Post by iloncia on Oct 16, 2011 10:30:14 GMT
thank you.
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Post by copigeon on Oct 30, 2011 14:25:01 GMT
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Post by brunni on Oct 30, 2011 17:07:56 GMT
Thanks for more great photos ! Wonderful detail. Your hatchlings have grown a lot in last 2 weeks, seems at least another complete whorl ? If they are the same ones you posted on 7th. Oct. seems the embrionic whorls are darker ( more red ) - or is this just the light ? If same would it be correct to say the unpatterned ones are var. candefacta, and the ones with some tiger stripes are var. eduardi ? What is shell sizer at the moment - around 15mm ? Good luck and post pics again in 2 weeks if you can ! |
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Post by copigeon on Oct 30, 2011 18:37:12 GMT
Hi Brunni,
I am cautious at the identification - these are all from the same clutch - supposedly candefacta.
Apex of this clutch is pinkish in hue, they are still too small to get a feel for shell lip inner colour or columella - I'll give them another two weeks.
I have a second clutch hatching at the moment, so I am eager to see how they differ (if at all) as they were laid by 2 different adults.
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