I would have to agree with the above post in that with regards to genetics and simple recessive genes as this one is you could get unlucky enough to have an entire clutch of non-visual (heterozygouz) hypo-melanistic hatchlings however even with lets say a small clutch of 8-12(these guys are known for smallish eggs and large clutches of 15-25) the odds are against that happening. I have been breeding these guys since the gene first showed up in my collection with an old legally obtained w/c male and his daughter, (It took me a year or two to isolate the origins of the trait) . It is simple recessive and seems to also involve some degree of pattern abnormality. Out of the 40 or so that I hatched out this year there is a wide range of color, degree of hypo-melanism, and pattern aberancy. Go check them out at John S's table in daytona in a couple of weeks.



If you breed your male to a het female you will most likely get some visually hypo offspring. Why not get a hypo female and produce an entire clutch of hypos!



here is an image of a pair of F2's from the original founder group. Note the dramatic variation even among siblings.........typical deppei

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