L201? Please help w/ id

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sauk1
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L201? Please help w/ id

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I bought this one from someone that said it was a L201. When I came home it differs from my L201 bought from the local store, which I trust and think is serious. I know it isn't the best pic, but I have had a hard time capturing it. Hope you can help me anyway. Thanks!
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Coldhands
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Re: L201? Please help w/ id

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Hard to tell with that picture. L201s tend to have flatter heads and bodies compared to H. Contradens if that helps. Compare both specimens you have there. LFS are not perfect and do mislabel their livestock every now and then.
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Coldhands wrote:Hard to tell with that picture. L201s tend to have flatter heads and bodies compared to H. Contradens if that helps. Compare both specimens you have there. LFS are not perfect and do mislabel their livestock every now and then.
I guess the size of the spots isn't important?

It is wider (female?) and overall larger (= not exactly the same flatness??) than my other specimen.
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Re: L201? Please help w/ id

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It looks like my L201


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turbo200 wrote:It looks like my L201


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Thanks for helping!
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Posting some more pics, don't know if they help...
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Coldhands
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Re: L201? Please help w/ id

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Pretty much the same pic as before. Catching it and placing it in a basin with little water produces better pics from above. Nevertheless, this is L201 not H. Contradens.
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Coldhands wrote:Pretty much the same pic as before. Catching it and placing it in a basin with little water produces better pics from above. Nevertheless, this is L201 not H. Contradens.
Ok :)

Thanks!
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