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The sp. MASCARA and the sp. LIGHT are from different localities (distance around 200 km).Pamphobeteus sp. "mascara" = is a total mess with a "light form", "dark form" and "rose-colored form" and then, we have Pamphobeteus sp. "small" and "light" just to confuse matters worse with some Europeans claiming the Pamphobeteus sp. "light" = P. "mascara" (light) AND P. "mascara" (rose-colored form).
Between these two localities / spp. there is another different P.sp. which could maybe work as a reproductive barrier.
Further the bulbs of sp. MASCARA and sp. LIGHT also shows slightly differences. Because I had only a few specimens, I am not sure if it's just a variance.
If there is a LIGHT and a DARK form, why not, that's nature. I can see it also in the sp. LIGHT.
If we talk about the sp. SANTO DOMINGO SMALL, so this is a completely different species.
The juvenile has a bluish color without any pattern in the first stages and the bulb is very broad, short and spatulate.
I have no idea why you put it on the list with MASCARA and LIGHT.
I don't know. But it's possible.Pamphobeteus sp. "emeraldas" = appears to be two different species in the U.S. hobby.
When the sp ESMERALDAS was introduced into the hobby, there was a breeder who sold offspring first as sp. N-ECUADOR and then as sp. ESMERALDAS.