To me those observations reinforce the theory that motley is mostly but not completely dominant over striped and that one copy motley and one copy stripe, genotype m^m m^s = phenotype predominately motley with a bit of influence towards the stripe.

Seeing all the variation among the different motley individual snakes, I would guess that it is not a simple on/off gene like amel or anery but is a more complex set of genes, but the above would be a good simplified model to predict the general inheritance outcomes for the offspring. Well, should make for about half the babies being some nice looking motleys anyway. The babies won't be worth a hill of beans though, unless you feel lucky about flipping several coins in a row, or if you want to buy a pair of cheap snakes potientially full of lots of fun surprises or.... dissapointments. I really was set on breeding the triple hets, but since I had that female anery motley anyway just because I liked her looks, so I figured what the heck I will put the male in with her and see what happens, 2 months later whalla!!! But hey the whole process has been super fun so far anyway, it was great to watch eggs being laid for the first time.

Thanks for the help,

I wouldn't want to sell or even give away a snake to someone without knowing exactly what they are potientially getting, good or bad, I don't want to misrepresent. The triple hets were from a friend with a PHD in Genetics, he created them by crossing a butter to a stripe, so I am 100% sure of their genetics.

Thanks again Kin for the help, I had totally forgot the motley stripe phenotype, I am so very thankful you caught that.

Jeff
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Jeff Benfer

My lady, she's got big regius's

You'll get your regius's to the wall, man!

1.0 pastel Python regius

1.1 mojave Python regius

0.1 normal Python regius

1.3 Terrapene carolina thriunguis

2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina

4.1 Kinosternon baurii

1.1 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin

2.2 double het albino and anerythristicThamnophis sirtalis parietalis

1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

2.2 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix

0.2 het Christmas albino Thamnophis radix

1.1 double het cherry erythristic, albino Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

1.1 melanistic Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

1.1 triple heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus

0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus

0.1 Okeetee Pantherophis guttatus

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