i would be really interested in hearing about your findings on this subject.

My findings so far are extremely limited as the data is only from a small F1 clutch. Th mother has a typical checkered belly while the father had a 99.9% black belly (I say "had" because he died last year). Both snakes are from unknown origins although the female was claimed to be a poss. double het Evans Albino (Hypo) x Pink Pastel (she's since been proven not to be het PPA). They produced a clutch of 12 eggs, 5 fertile. Out of those 5, 4 hatched giving me 2 males and 2 females. Both males have solid black bellies as does one of the females. The other female has a typical checkered belly. So 3 out of 4 have black bellies but it's far too small of a clutch to make any real solid hypotheses in my opinion.

I recently paired one of the males to the black bellied female and they hooked up almost immediately (first time breeders). She appears to be gravid, so depending on what she produces, if anything at all this year, I might be able to determine what exactly we are dealing with. If she doesn't produce this year, I'll keep pairing her with either of those males as I really want to determine just what this black belly trait is and how it's working.

I would be interested in hearing other's findings if anybody has anything else to share on the topic.
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Troy Rexroth
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