While I do see many excellent points in your post (the possibility of new hobbyists deciding to undertake such experiments without the same principles that Troy holds being one of them) I also do not agree that nothing was learned and that Troy is only out for a "dramatic" response. While I have no interest or intentions of producing hybrids (of PDFs or anything else for that matter) I did find the pattern displayed in these cross breeds intriguing. They bear similar marking to the Nouragues tincs on Dendrobates tinctorius morphguide and are somewhat similar to Tafelberg and obviously Alanis. If anything was gained from this it was certainly a little insight into which naturally occurring PDF morphs may have been the originals.
I could speculate that Azureus may have been one of the original morphs of dart frog, and more widely dispersed than it is currently, that breed with the populations of Matecho, or Citronella, or Regina, giving us some of the Cobalts that have a broader color spectrum. Of course I'm being a bit too specific in my hypothetical statement but my point was that he did prove Alanis to have many dominant pattern traits over citronella. Also the offspring are rather consistent in color and pattern unlike many times when dogs are crossbreed and you can have a litter of 5 with all of them looking entirely different.
Anyway, I'd like to close by saying that I am in no way supporting hybridization, but I do commend Troy on his stalwart position on keeping these frogs in his own hands or none at all. (There are many ways of dispatching small animals as humanely as possible, that are commonly practiced by snake keepers, if you do ever come into those unfortunate circumstances Troy.) I also appreciate that he has the courage to share his findings. Yes many people (newcomer or not) are guilty of mixing species but I think that if a person has it in their head to crossbreed then they'll do it whether they see Troys post or not. I think that posts like this may even be good for the hobby in the way that newcomers are shown a hybrid and then they get to read the negatives and see what a tongue lashing they'd get if they ever explored that avenue themselves. I know I wouldn't wanna take that kind of heat...
*EDIT* Post deleted. I don't wanna disrespect that
. Because of this some of my statements may seem out of place but whatever .
I could speculate that Azureus may have been one of the original morphs of dart frog, and more widely dispersed than it is currently, that breed with the populations of Matecho, or Citronella, or Regina, giving us some of the Cobalts that have a broader color spectrum. Of course I'm being a bit too specific in my hypothetical statement but my point was that he did prove Alanis to have many dominant pattern traits over citronella. Also the offspring are rather consistent in color and pattern unlike many times when dogs are crossbreed and you can have a litter of 5 with all of them looking entirely different.
Anyway, I'd like to close by saying that I am in no way supporting hybridization, but I do commend Troy on his stalwart position on keeping these frogs in his own hands or none at all. (There are many ways of dispatching small animals as humanely as possible, that are commonly practiced by snake keepers, if you do ever come into those unfortunate circumstances Troy.) I also appreciate that he has the courage to share his findings. Yes many people (newcomer or not) are guilty of mixing species but I think that if a person has it in their head to crossbreed then they'll do it whether they see Troys post or not. I think that posts like this may even be good for the hobby in the way that newcomers are shown a hybrid and then they get to read the negatives and see what a tongue lashing they'd get if they ever explored that avenue themselves. I know I wouldn't wanna take that kind of heat...
*EDIT* Post deleted. I don't wanna disrespect that
. Because of this some of my statements may seem out of place but whatever .
