Spilota subspecies kept in US (and elsewhere)

[pinefamily]

Hi all,
In my time on this great forum, I have seen that you guys and girls keep jungles, coastals, and bredli. Does anyone keep any of the other spilota subspecies, such as MD's, Southwesterns, Darwins, diamonds, etc. ?
Just out of curiosity. :)

[Mikoh4792]

In the us we do have the ones mentioned above. Im not sure if we have southwesterns though.

[pinefamily]

Cheers for that. I've never seen any mention of them here on the forum, that's why I asked.

[lady_bug87]

Shaunyboy keeps wicked diamonds

[reptiledude987]

Theres a couple keepers on here with diamonds. Theyre hard to find pure here though. Ive seen at expos with 25,50 and 75% diamond but the pures are rare. One time I did track down an adult pair and they were $1,800. so thats part of wyh theyre not as common here as you lucky guys over there.

[pinefamily]

I'll have to start a thread and post some photos to tease you all then. :D

[Dilema]

I have a few !

Reduced pattern diamond pair 1.1
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af62/Zezdoow/Mobile%20Uploads/89DAD861-485A-4B6A-875B-F80B014FC791.jpg (http://s994.photobucket.com/user/Zezdoow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/89DAD861-485A-4B6A-875B-F80B014FC791.jpg.html)
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af62/Zezdoow/Mobile%20Uploads/4FBBF353-9283-4576-B6A0-894B1D064D91.jpg (http://s994.photobucket.com/user/Zezdoow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/4FBBF353-9283-4576-B6A0-894B1D064D91.jpg.html)

1.1 from a striped black and white line ( hopefully they will turn black and white )
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af62/Zezdoow/Mobile%20Uploads/DD173761-B707-4510-99BF-4B519C201E1C.jpg (http://s994.photobucket.com/user/Zezdoow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DD173761-B707-4510-99BF-4B519C201E1C.jpg.html)
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af62/Zezdoow/Mobile%20Uploads/3F78B1D5-098E-49FD-A21A-98A7D77FFEE3.jpg (http://s994.photobucket.com/user/Zezdoow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/3F78B1D5-098E-49FD-A21A-98A7D77FFEE3.jpg.html)

.1 gosford diamond
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af62/Zezdoow/Mobile%20Uploads/24330B41-E335-46F2-883C-9F3D1CBC044A.jpg (http://s994.photobucket.com/user/Zezdoow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/24330B41-E335-46F2-883C-9F3D1CBC044A.jpg.html)

.1 66% diamond zebra jag ( with a crazy *** clown on her head ) lol
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af62/Zezdoow/Mobile%20Uploads/71893798-A91E-42B5-936B-55C988139242.jpg (http://s994.photobucket.com/user/Zezdoow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/71893798-A91E-42B5-936B-55C988139242.jpg.html)

And a crazy 50% diamond 50% zebra ;)
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af62/Zezdoow/Mobile%20Uploads/AF9B5538-BF7D-4FA9-8BE2-8828422D9FC9.jpg (http://s994.photobucket.com/user/Zezdoow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/AF9B5538-BF7D-4FA9-8BE2-8828422D9FC9.jpg.html)

[C.Cannon]

We have everything but imbricata and cape yorks (although those are debatable) in the US. Diamonds are a bit difficult to find pure but there are definitely pure lines. Darwins are becoming cheaper as they are removed from the albino gene. Metcalfei are pretty underrated and rare but I've got my eyes on a group of those in a few years.

We also have a few new localities like Brisbane coastals and julatten jungles that have only recently arrived

[pinefamily]

The MD's, or metcalfei, are often considered "average" over here too. They are too often used in jag breeding, which is a topic we won't get into here. :rolleyes: