I'll try to keep this short...Originally Posted by Eric Alan
Several years ago I traded a female Spider for a female Yellowbelly. I did the trade with a guy that was just down the road from me. Fast forward several years, and I finally get eggs from the Yellowbelly. The babies hatch and look a bit off. Nothing drastic, just a little different. I posted pics of the clutch here and got an email from Jon Courtney of coldbloodedaddiction, who is also just down the road from me. He say's they have Nazca in them and asks about the parents of the clutch. I tell him the Lesserbee (Sire) was hatched by me and there's nothing special about him, other than he's just a nice Lesserbee. I told him the Yellowbelly (Dam) was from a guy down in Fredericksburg. Turns out, Jon knows the guy, and he got the Yellowbelly from Jon. The Yellowbelly was a baby that was related to a group of wild caught imports Jon got from Ian of Outback Reptiles, that Jon originally thought were Granites. Jon had been working with this group since 2003 and after several years proved them out to be similiar to the Paint/Sentinel/Neo/Speckled stuff that has been established. I don't think they've been proven compatible with all those yet, hence the name "Nazca" being used.
I've been hesistant to call them Nazca's because, well, I usually don't luck into stuff like this...however, I did notice they looked a bit off, and Jon's a pro breeder who I have a great deal of respect for, so his opinion holds a great deal of weight for me. I'm about 99.8% sure they're Nazcas...Producing a Super will take care of that last .2%
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