Neurergus kaiseri colour patterns

[kyle1745]

Coen Deurloo has two groups of juvenile Neurergus kaiseri, one from me and one from another breeder, and he sent me an interesting set of photos showing consistent pattern variation between the two groups:

I'm not sure how significant this is as the colour pattern on these animals changes significantly as they age, the adults having less spots and more blocks of black and white, so I think that the spotted animals are slightly less mature (although they are a similar age) to the others?

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