No matter what it proves or does not prove out to be, it is a good looking BRB. I'd tend to agree with the others on it not being a hypo. There have been a lot of postings about "lighter" colored BRB's and the possibility of them being hypo.



There is ony two ways I can think of to prove it out:



1) breed him to a "normal" female. If he is a true hypo, all the babies will look (more or less) like the normal mom. If some babies look like dad, it's more likely a color phase. If all the babies look like mom, hold back a female for breeding back to dad. Of course you can hold back as many as you want. Breeding the daughter back to the "hypo" male, if roughly half of the litter looks like dad, then it's more than likely a recessive trait.



2) based on the assumption that gene is compatible with the existing hypo lines, breed your male to a known hypo line female, either het or visual hypo. Problem with this option is if you use a het female, you can only disprove the male, not prove it. If the color is a heritable phase, there will be a variety of babies. Some looking more hypo, some not. So hypo-ish looking babies will not necessarily prove anything. Using a full hypo female would be better since having all hypos would tend to prove the line.



Good luck with your project!
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Thanks,





Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com







0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)

0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:

21.29 BRB

19.19 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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