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Post by shaydeesnail on Aug 10, 2013 11:47:25 GMT
I bought these snails as A. reticulatas, but I'm not 100% sure. I had some baby reticulatas before and these new snails I just bought do not have the same light foot with a dark head. The camera light makes it look as though their feet are lighter than their head but they really are mostly brown like fulica. The shells don't seem the same either but I know that can vary. Would if someone can confirm for me.  |
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Post by shaydeesnail on Aug 10, 2013 11:48:34 GMT
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Post by tsrebel on Aug 10, 2013 13:49:16 GMT
I agree; they don't look like reticulatas. I would guess A. immculata var. panthera because of the line on top of their bodies, but fulica is also a possibility.
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Aug 10, 2013 13:59:03 GMT
fulica, definately.
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Post by vickyholt13 on Aug 10, 2013 18:32:20 GMT
They look like fulica but at the moment there has been rumours of retic and fulica hybrids on eBay and for sale lately but they do look like nicely marked fulica
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Aug 10, 2013 18:42:29 GMT
reticulata/fulica hybrids are either just a case of someone wrongfully misidentifying fulica, or looking to increase the value/novelty of their snails.
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Post by shaydeesnail on Aug 10, 2013 19:58:13 GMT
I'm 99% sure that they are fulicas, I'm not sure how do go about discussing this with the seller. She has told me that she bought them as babies and were told that they were reticula... Has anyone had to deal with this before?
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Post by vickyholt13 on Aug 10, 2013 20:09:20 GMT
sorry I haven't had to deal with anything like that. it's a difficult thing to discuss, the seller does need to know if they are selling more snails to others that are wrongly identified. Do you want to keep them or do you want to inform the seller to return them. It's abit more difficult if you do but you can make it clear in a nice way you have experience with different species and you have asked other snail people too to be 100% sure. Sorry I know I'm not much help
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shortie
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Post by shortie on Aug 10, 2013 23:03:32 GMT
I bought the retics / fulicas off ebay as feeders for my skink, here they are   They're a bit bigger now, but I'm almost certain that these guys are fulicas. Shaydee, I looking at the shells and bodies of our snails, I think they may be fulicas  |
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Post by muddydragon on Aug 11, 2013 8:48:24 GMT
they are 100% not pure retics
the retic dark coloured body looks nothing remotely like the dark fulica body. with dark eyestalks and stripe down the back and an almost white foot. they also look less textured
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