Gregg, all the morphs you work with, the genetics came from nature. In the population I am working with, aprox. 85% are normal looking, with the remaining 15% representing a few morphs, and because they regularly occur, they must be genetic. Of those morphs, there are Reds, yellows and whites. A few hypos, and of course a few axanthics.
The genetics of how these occur I would assume will be similar to what was seen in Westerns. Some recessive, some co-doms, etc.
Of course, westerns were exactly the same.
I do assume that when these morphs are bred out, you will see the same things occur that are now seen with westerns.
I should have kept or collected a pair of each and placed them in breeders hands. I did keep some axanthics and a couple of other morphs. My son commonly yells at me for not picking up the others(I show him the pics) My problem is, I hate taking animals out of nature, so I took as few as possible. I keep telling myself to pick them up, but I just can't seem to get myself to do it. Also I do not take breeder adults, no matter what they are, they stay(all bets are off if an albino or leus. pops up) I am hoping to see a black one, as one was found at another local. A herper saw it get hit. So what I am saying is, there is no way for you to know the genetics of wild morphs. As a field guy, we understand that genotype includes lots and lots of potential.

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