Jacksonii Xanth question (similar to meru??)

[Rocky]

This is a pretty simple question but I looked around and I couldnt figure it out so I figure I would ask and see what everyone thinks.

Can a Jacksonii Xanth have similar markings to the Meru's?

I saw a Jacksonii that was for sale, but they didn't know the subspecie. I figure it was Xanth because of his price and because they had Xanths in other enclosures. The thing is, he had the yellow head markings and back markings that Meru's have. They wanted 100 for him but they seemed like they would take less.

It resembled this

but I think he was too big to be Meru

(Pic is from www.adcham.com)

 

[Sang]

i have seen some xantho with yellow ridging. but without a picture to look at it would be hard to gauge.

 

[Olimpia]

I don't think so, mine has a pretty blue head, but he's predominantly green. And all the ones I've seen don't have that type of yellw there, but who knows.

They're very pretty Jackson's though, for that price I would get one

 

[Rocky]

Ya I was dumb and didnt get a pic He was at the NARBC Arlington.

He had the yellow ridging like that and I've looked around a lot and havent seen one with ridging like that. I know how to get in touch if I wanted him later on because the guy is our local pet shops whole saler, but I really dont have the room

I was just curious because if that jacks was a meru he was a very large one.

 

[eisentrauti]

That's a pic of a meru male with very very long horns. The merumontanus have the biggest horns in relation to the body size in all three horned species

 

[Rocky]

That's a pic of a meru male with very very long horns. The merumontanus have the biggest horns in relation to the body size in all three horned species

I know that pic is a meru, I found the pic on Adcham, the thing is that I saw a jackson that was pretty large that had the yellow eye ridges and yellow back ridge similar to the meru, but I believe it was to big to be a meru, and the owner said he didn't know what subspecie it was

 

[eisentrauti]

It's definitly Tr.j.merumontanus. The longs are very long and thin in comparison to jacksonii jacksonii and jacksonii xantholophus.
Tr.j.merumontanus could be found in the Arusha region and at the Mt Kenya, maybe one population has longer horns.
As well I have heard of merumontanus males which could reach TL of approx. 20 cm which is 33% longer than the normal average merumontanus