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this is a can of worms.

My opinion having kept "both" for >2 years now, bred both, seen both bought and sold...

is, they are different. They are different sizes, different body configurations, different colored ect. I cant prove that though, and others who know their original import status might be able to shed more light...

I bet there are mixed hybrids out there (for instance I once bought a "pair" of Regina the were a mix of a female regina and a male GO, so if that person had bred them---he wasnt successful---they would have been sold as regina and passed around the hobby).

The offspring are variable esp amongst the Regina...but NOT that variable. No way I'd mistake the 2 offspring in my collection if they were all tossed together in a tank for instance.

That might not be true for everyone esp if they had hybridized animals???

Anyway, my original pairs came from Patrick, so all I can say is that I have what he called GO and Regina and what he kept separate as such.

Maybe this is a case of extended line breeding separating out traits on one single original variable wild population?

Who knows more on the subject can chime in. please.

S