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<blockquote data-quote="Pasodama" data-source="post: 115656" data-attributes="member: 16469"><p>Yeah, some things can be confusing sometimes.</p><p>Hope the following, that I explain, helps with some clarification:</p><p></p><p>#22 ~is~ a B. smithi (formerly "annitha").</p><p>It, however, does not have the typical color/pattern of that species.</p><p>That photo is an example of how some mistakes can be made, re. identification, at first glance ... without looking at other factors &/or taking a closer look.</p><p></p><p>Each species, both the smithi and hamorii, have a specific color, pattern, hair length, etc., etc.</p><p>A person, familiar with the phenotypes of each of these species, will, pretty much instantly, know which species it is. This would be because those specimens look exactly as they should and nothing, about it, appears questionable.</p><p></p><p>Then, there are those "few" individual specimens, of each species, that are "tweeners" (an in between) ... smithi that have some trait/s, of a hamorii, and hamorii that have some trait/s of a smithi.</p><p>It is only with closer inspection that determines whether it (the "tweener") is one or the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pasodama, post: 115656, member: 16469"] Yeah, some things can be confusing sometimes. Hope the following, that I explain, helps with some clarification: #22 ~is~ a B. smithi (formerly "annitha"). It, however, does not have the typical color/pattern of that species. That photo is an example of how some mistakes can be made, re. identification, at first glance ... without looking at other factors &/or taking a closer look. Each species, both the smithi and hamorii, have a specific color, pattern, hair length, etc., etc. A person, familiar with the phenotypes of each of these species, will, pretty much instantly, know which species it is. This would be because those specimens look exactly as they should and nothing, about it, appears questionable. Then, there are those "few" individual specimens, of each species, that are "tweeners" (an in between) ... smithi that have some trait/s, of a hamorii, and hamorii that have some trait/s of a smithi. It is only with closer inspection that determines whether it (the "tweener") is one or the other. [/QUOTE]
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