I think in some way you just answered your own question, they are NOT the exact same mutation. If they were, they'd all have the same name and look.

People like to think of genetics as black and white, one gene pair at a time. Problem is there are thousands of gene pairs many of which can have affects on color and/or patterns. The difference with jungles is there can be low expression animals, ones that show less of the markers. Even to the point where you can't be sure if it's a low jungle or a high normal. Even Salmon is a "borderline" morph, almost codominant in that many supers can be picked out of a litter by somone who knows what to look for. BUT, not always so it's classified as dominant. Really it's somewhere between true dominant and codominant.

Some morphs like Motley etc, are like toggle switches, either on or off. Of course Motley is a three position switch, off, on and really on. Jungle is more like a dimmer switch, it can be on really bright or can be so low you can't tell if it's really on or not.
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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:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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