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RE: Can you post a belly shot, please?..

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Posted by: Darin Chappell at Sat Jan 6 15:47:58 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Darin Chappell ]  
   

Obviously, she doesn't have the typical motley dorsal pattern. However, there has been some speculation on the part of some breeding motley lines that the dorsal and ventral traits of motley animals are actually the results of two different genes found very close together on the DNA chain. That's why they show up together almost exclusively. But, there are a few animals with very motley dorsals with checked bellies, and white ventrals with normally patterned dorsals.

You snake there seems less motley-like on the dorsal pattern than most, but if she has the white ventral, she may well be candidate for this split phenotype others have seen. It would be very interesting to breed he to a classic motley, to see if she produces motlies or babies like herself with white bellies and normal dorsals.

As to her coloration, I would agree that she appears to be a frosted anery A. The frosteds are thought by many to be the result of some past introduction of grey rat blood, but others vehemently disagee. Regardless, that may or may not be something that concens you at all.

She's a stiking animal, regardless.
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Darin Chappell
Hillbilly Herps
PO Box 254
Rogersville, MO 65742

   

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