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<blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 100481" data-attributes="member: 1152"><p>The <em>baumgarteni/boehmei </em>hybrid situation confounds me a bit as well. I have a female of what I though was a <em>B. boehmei</em> that I bought a few years back as a young adult. After reading up on the possibly hybridization of these and <em>baumgarteni </em>and comparing photos<em>,</em> I realized that there was a good chance that mine was one of the hybrids. I sent several photos of mine to someone who had raised both species and supposedly knew what to look for, and he confirmed it. From what I gathered from speaking to a couple folks and researching old forum threads, someone knowingly bred the two species together several years ago (2009/2010 or so?), and released the slings into the pet trade. Mine was very likely one of those slings. As a result, I won't be attempting to breed this one, as I don't want to take the chance. In my instance, there is enough of a doubt to warrant holding off.</p><p></p><p>Personally, if you've got juveniles, I really wouldn't worry too much about it. I suppose that there is a possibility that some of those hybrids have been bred and sold throughout the hobby, but like you said, you'll never know. I'd say you could breed with a clear conscience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tomoran, post: 100481, member: 1152"] The [I]baumgarteni/boehmei [/I]hybrid situation confounds me a bit as well. I have a female of what I though was a [I]B. boehmei[/I] that I bought a few years back as a young adult. After reading up on the possibly hybridization of these and [I]baumgarteni [/I]and comparing photos[I],[/I] I realized that there was a good chance that mine was one of the hybrids. I sent several photos of mine to someone who had raised both species and supposedly knew what to look for, and he confirmed it. From what I gathered from speaking to a couple folks and researching old forum threads, someone knowingly bred the two species together several years ago (2009/2010 or so?), and released the slings into the pet trade. Mine was very likely one of those slings. As a result, I won't be attempting to breed this one, as I don't want to take the chance. In my instance, there is enough of a doubt to warrant holding off. Personally, if you've got juveniles, I really wouldn't worry too much about it. I suppose that there is a possibility that some of those hybrids have been bred and sold throughout the hobby, but like you said, you'll never know. I'd say you could breed with a clear conscience. [/QUOTE]
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