The gene of hypermelanism ("black-bellies" is a single recessive gene, not a dominant gene. And I did breed the Davis to the Mendota and got all the same. I also bred a Blizzard (albino & hypermelanistic) to an albino and got all albinos (het hypermelanistic) and also bred the Blizzard to a Mendota and got all hypermelanistics (het albino).

For wild-caught snakes then that would be a good distinguishing name, but for captive breeding a recessive gene is what it is and locality is no longer there......unless one is breeding strictly locality to same locality.

When I bred the Mendotas to the Davis, I got all hypermelanistics and can no longer them either Mendotas or Davis....although they look exactly like them.



Kerby...
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Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

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