[cairo11]

recently acquired this 3rd pair of escudos, and very unique ones in my opinion... so I thought you fellow froggers might enjoy looking at them .....so enjoy!

 

[cairo11]

another pic before arrival

 

[rcteem]

another pic before arrival

Very nice...the older lines all look like that for the most part.

 

[SmackoftheGods]

Those are some very red escudo....

 

[cairo11]

Very nice...the older lines all look like that for the most part.

True. Im gonna try really hard to find some spotted ones eventually. I havent had a pair ever throw any out spotted so Im assuming its something from a certain spot of that tiny veraguas....

 

[SmackoftheGods]

True. Im gonna try really hard to find some spotted ones eventually. I havent had a pair ever throw any out spotted so Im assuming its something from a certain spot of that tiny veraguas....

Spotted? I'm not sure what you mean when you say spotted escudo.

 

[cairo11]

Spotted? I'm not sure what you mean when you say spotted escudo.

well not spotted but with a pattern over the the red.

 

[randommind]

well not spotted but with a pattern over the the red.

Here is another.
Photo taken from 'BriBri' The Froggers Journal #1

 

[cairo11]

Here is another.
Photo taken from 'BriBri' The Froggers Journal #1
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that pattern also. is that something only in certain part of veraguas or something that they may throw once in a while? from all the different pairs that Ive seen produce...nothing like that...

 

[randommind]

The journal did not mention which part of the island that particular frog was found. It shows several examples and the variability is quite remarkable.

A little off topic but an interesting quote--"The population of the Escudo
frog was conspicuously high...breeding sites such as bromeliads were absent..." (BriBri journal)

 

[cairo11]

and compared to other locales....this island is supposed to be tiny....amazing how variable they seem to be there.

 

[ChrisK]

Yeah mine that are mostly blue throw all patterns, some a little spotted also

 

[Baltimore Bryan]

Nice frogs, I like all the red on them. I'm interested to see how the offspring will turn out, whether they will mostly be red like the parents or variable amounts of red/blue like many other escudos.
Bryan

 

[sports_doc]

Not sure I agree Chris that the 'older lines' [is there really such a thing???] were all red....

In fact I think you would be hard pressed to find a lot of full or near full red escudo around IMO

Sure, they are still going but for the most part a 50:50 pattern seems the most common.

Shawn

 

[boombotty]

I remember the first imports being more red like this and the more recent ones having more blue/brown.

 

[rcteem]

I remember the first imports being more red like this and the more recent ones having more blue/brown.

Thank you...that's what I meant by older lines...sorry for the confusion


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[cairo11]

It almost doesent make sense to me.....does it mean the higher reds are now scarce inn the islabd or higher blues are whats being permitted to leave and by that meaning theyre common....what would be the reason for no reds coming in lately?

 

[sports_doc]

Yeah mine that are mostly blue throw all patterns, some a little spotted also

Chris
They ever give a full blue offspring?

It seems to me, and to my recollection, that I have never seen a full blue escudo posted for sale, although full blue imports [FR BS] were sold in the first import [U know the one that SNDF said would be the only ever import and charged us 500$ ea for them]

 

[sports_doc]

Thank you...that's what I meant by older lines...sorry for the confusion


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For all we know, and we may never get a true answer, the first imports through SNDF were hand picked for color.??

He sold them segregated as reds, red/blue, and blue varieties, and I recall they charged more for the solid ones.

When was the last time anyone here saw a solid red, or solid blue escudo for sale?

 

[ChrisK]

Chris
They ever give a full blue offspring?

No not yet, so far the offspring actually seem to be more consistent with color distribution than the parents.