Get those enthusiest to chime in with anything they have or know, in fact I would love to see some known hybrid pictures of a thayeri to MBK (or any other common king), 50/50 first generation, 75/25 second generation and so on. It would take a good 8-9 years to get more down the line than that and with the effort and time invested you could have a boat load of just plain on melanistic thayeri by then.



I have yet to see any such pictures of those crosses.....Another reason to believe Getula is NOT in the mix....

I think the hypermelanism trait in melanistic thayeri come from thayeri....

The only hybrids / crosses that could be desirable (by hybridizers) would be crossing a hypo or amel gene into the mix. And using Amel Ruthveni and/or Hypo Greeri would be much easier to outcross than anything else...IMHO

I heard one time....Years back that if you cross two subspecies and breed an offspring back to one of the parents then line breed for 9 generations there will be no differences in mtDNA....

And I agree...WHY BOTHER doing this with melanistic thayeri.... If you find some from a reputable breeder...buy them...and don't waste all that time trying to 'make' some....
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John Lassiter



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