Dear Chris, Dear Paul,

I think I could find out Hawaiian tigris from those
of the PI. There are really differences in spots
and coloration, but maybe no reason to separate
them. But I want to make a test as once Raybaudi
made it with Cypraea becki and macandrewi.
He mixed between 60 becki 4 macandrewi to find
out the differences and to find out the macandrewi.
This was in an old La Conchiglia. So if the computer
allow you can mix for an image Cypraea tigris from
Hawaii and PI or other zones on an image.jpg
which easily is to download. I believe I can find
them which are the Hawaiian ones. The 2 Cypraea
tigris "schilderiana" we have in the museum are quite
different from the larger one I have from Sumatra.
with best shelling greetings
Hope to hear or to see from you very soon
Helmut

 --- Chris Takahashi <[log in to unmask]>
schrieb: > ALOHA PAUL,
> IM CURRENTLY THE ONLY FULL TIME DEALER IN HAWAII.
> YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. A
> SCHILDERIANA IS ONLY A LARGER THAN NORMAL SIZED
> TIGER COWRY FROM HAWAII. IM
> CURRENTLY IN THE PHILIPPINES NOW AND YOU SHOULD BE
> AWARE THAT I TRADE OVER
> 100 HAWAIIAN TIGERS HERE A YEAR AND MANY SHELL
> DEALERS HERE OUTRIGHT "LIE"
> TO BUYERS BY SAYING THE TIGERS ARE FROM THE PI.
>
> OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES OF THE HAWAIIAN TIGERS ARE THE
> LARGER SIZED SPOTTING AND
> SHELL THICKNESS IN RELATIONSHIP TO IT'S SIZE. PI
> TIGERS ARE HIGHLY SPOTTED
> WITH SMALL SIZED SPOTS AND ARE LIGHTWEIGHT AND THIN.
> RECENTLY IN MY TRAVELS
> I'VE SEEN 5IN TIGERS FROM VIETNAM & MADAGASCAR BUT
> ARE TRULY RARE. MAYBE ONE
> OUT OF TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE LIKE THIS WHEREAS THE
> RATIO IN HAWAII,
> DEPENDING ON LOCATION, IS ROUGHLY 50 TO 1.
>
> I'VE SEEN NEAR 5IN TIGERS HERE IN THE PI ALSO. BUT
> THE SPOTTING & WEIGHT
> WILL ALWAYS GIVE THEM AWAY.               MAHALO!
> CHRIS TAKAHASHI

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Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria
phone: 0043 512 573214
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: www.netwing.at/nisters

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