Let me just add that I also think it is likely that the parental father axanthic was actually quite possibly a blizzard (one copy axanthic(dominant)and two copies of both albino and anery). And that also all of the axanthic babies, while they are all phenotypically axanthic because the axanthic gene is dominant over wild type, it is also dominant in relation to the albino gene, they are likely genotypically blizzards, since all of the siblings are snows and no albinos were produced. Interestingly as well the axanthic gene might also be an allele that is at the same loci as the anerythristic, as Scott informed me that one of his original breedings of a axanthic to an anerythristic, produced axanthics and anerythristics, which would indicate that those anery offspring were in fact genotypically one copy of anery and one copy of axanthic, as anery is recessive and the parent could have only donated one copy. This is similar to the relationship of stripe and motley gene in corn snakes. Scott and I are working out breeding trials that will beyond any shadow of doubt prove both of these theories out.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com

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