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FunkyRes
at Thu Aug 9 10:38:02 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FunkyRes ]
hypers are increased black/brown color.
Look at the pictures of kerbys mendota x davis.
I don't believe there is such a thing as hypermelanistic corn snake, at least not currently.
I'm not sure hypermelanistic is the correct term for davis/mendota - I don't know that they produce more melanin in the pigment cells than they are suppose, I think maybe it is a pattern morph, with normal melanin being produced in the pigment cells that are normally cream and naturally lacking melanin.
But I really haven't a clue.
Just a pet theory of mine, based upon the fact that blizards exist. I speculate that with blizards, you have the pattern effect of what we call hyper (pigment cells that are now wanting to produce melanin where there should be cream) but that the melanin production in those pigment cells is broken.
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11.14 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
2.3 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus nasicus (W Hognose)
4.2.14 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)
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RE: changing the topic slightly - FunkyRes, Thu Aug 9 10:38:02 2007