Species makes a difference because people use the same word for different things in different species. For example, hypo in boa constrictors is quite different from hypo in Honduran milk snakes. And leucistic in Texas rats seems to be different from leucistic in Florida pines.

I don't know much about Pituophis genetics. I did a quicky google search, and nobody seems to know a lot about their genetics. I added a link to a discussion I found, which may or may not be helpful. You might try e-mailing the guy who started the discussion to see what his results have been.

I once saw a Florida pine that was claimed to be sired by a leucistic, and she was normal. So in my opinion, assuming that all the mutant genes are recessive is the safest course. If so, then the first generation babies would be normal. But I haven't a clue as to what the second generation would look like.

Paul Hollander
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