Frank,....



What color are the eyes on the "final product" animal?...I can't quite tell from the photo.



In any case, I think your snake in the top photo marked "Bubblegum", must actually be het for the trait, because something weird is going on.



The "Blotchless" Everglades photo, in actually a hypo Everglades. They typically have an almost absent striping due to the greatly reduced melanin. And it has dark eyes as well.



True "Bubblegums" were started by Bill Love, then of "Glades Herp Inc." around 1990, by crossing an albino Yellow Ratsnake to an albino Black Ratsnake. He then introduced the Everglades gene into the albino cross to intensify the coloration.



"Bubblegums" are extremely variable, with some being almost solid pink/orange, while others can be very blotchy with orange and pink highlights, etc....also, as one might expect, they have pink/red eyes due to the amel influence in the three subspecies of the "obsoleta" complex.



The Everglades in your second photo, is a VERY nice example of hypomelanism, because it super "clean", and bright, yet still retains faint remnants of the striping, and also has dark eyes.



In any case, the animal you produced is totally "KICK-ASS", and has a VERY rich orange coloration that is second to none!, that's for sure!



Here is a photo I dug up of a nice example of "Bubblegum" Ratsnake.



That is one INTENSELY colored animal you have!, hope you produce some more of those beauties!.



best regards, ~Doug



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