Giant Orange vs. Regina

cubby23 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-10-2006, 08:53 PM

There is alot of people who distinguish the frogs differentlt, so who is who?
I have read both these guides and have found the info interesting. I dont think a single peice of info corralates.

http://www.herpetologic.net/
this is from herpetologic
"Found in eastern French Guiana between the towns of Regina and Saul. I am working with two bloodlines originally established in the mid 1990's from animals acquired from Germany and here in the States. They are large and have large amounts of yellow coloration with blue reticulations under the chin, in their cloaca area but not on the hind legs. Some specimens have an orange crest, hence their name. This is a different population than the "Regina" tinctorius I offer. The Giant Orange tinctorius tend to have more yellow coloration, especially on their sides and back. In addition, they have a similar distribution of blue color under the chin and in the cloacal area, but have a lighter shade of blue and more fine blue webbing pattern instead of the larger blue reticulations seen in the Regina morph. Be aware in Europe many breeders call Regina and Giant Orange one frog. Here in the USA, there has been confusion over discriminating the two. Many breeders call their Giant Orange tinctorius-Regina...and vis versa. Compare the two."

this form saurian is totally different
http://saurian.net/htm05/froginfo_disti ... _tinc.html

hoyta · #2 (**permalink**) 11-10-2006, 08:59 PM

hey, this has been discussed numerous times. sorry to say it, but try doing a search

Homer · #3 (**permalink**) 11-10-2006, 10:39 PM

I think the general consensus is that most people in the hobby have used Patrick Nabor's definition. Sean Stewart apparently used to use Patrick's definition as well, but switched over what he was calling what some time in the past year or so.

I don't know what the reasoning is behind the switch, so if someone would care to fill us in, that would be great. I know it's been discussed before, but if someone adds something to the discussion in this thread that wasn't added earlier, all the better.

PAULSCHUMANN · #4 (**permalink**) 11-12-2006, 01:24 AM

oh brother, this again...I like em both, so if I order giant orange and I get what I think are reginas, I just switch the names and vice versa. The only way I will ever know for sure is if I fly down there and see for myself. If and when I do this I will be sure to share the secret.