Very nice Troy...

Thanks Gregg!

It seems that the conda patterns are quite variable...

They really are. But what is it exactly that's triggering this variability? My first clutch from my pairing with my het Albino look like fairly standard spine spotted Anacondas. Despite the mother being het Albino, she looks just like a common variety Western so I was pretty much expecting to get that common Anaconda look from her clutch. Seeing what my Blond produced with those striped het PPA's last year, I was really curious if she was the gene carrier and how it would alter the Anaconda look. I have to say that I wasn't let down one bit. Now I just have to determine through selective breeding if that stripe gene is a line trait or a Mendelian trait and how far I can push it. But going back to the variability topic, I would like to see the parents that produce these really different looking Anacondas and what the normal offspring look like that everybody else is producing. I know I will be interested in seeing what my normals from this clutch will look like as well, whether they have striping or aberrant patterning.

My favorites by far are the ones that look like the one hatching in your photo... I like the non-spotted ones much more...

I have to agree, I like the lesser patterned ones as well. I also have to admit that I was getting a bit envious when everybody was showing off all of their really spectacular lesser patterned Anacondas and then I hatched out some typical to low key looking ones. Don't get me wrong though, I was still ecstatic to finally produce my own Anacondas. At least this new clutch seems to be making up for my want of a different looking Anaconda.

And that het PPA is amazing...

Thanks! That particular female is definitely the stand-out individual of that clutch of 2.4. Out of that clutch, 1 male and 3 girls have the striping but with the exception of the stand-out specimen, the other 3 just have a couple of stripes here and there, just enough to be able to point the stripes out but not enough to really notice the effect. I plan on doing some selective breeding trials to see how much I can reproduce that trait and hopefully learn exactly what it is I'm dealing with. It seems that quite a few people have produced this trait too but nobody has really documented or communicated exactly what it is other than a possible line trait.

Great job man...

Thanks again Gregg! Today has been a good day so far.
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