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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• Rarest Cal King - trivirgata, Mon Aug 15 10:44:16 2011
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• So what exactly... - a153fish, Tue Aug 16 10:23:15 2011
• RE: So what exactly... - DMong, Tue Aug 16 12:14:52 2011
• So now we have........ - Kerby..., Tue Aug 16 12:33:37 2011
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• Need clarification........ - Kerby..., Tue Aug 16 15:11:09 2011
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• None of those......... - Kerby..., Wed Aug 17 01:50:19 2011
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• There ya go...... - Kerby..., Wed Aug 17 01:59:28 2011
• RE: So now we have........ - Aaron, Tue Aug 16 19:11:46 2011
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• yeah,.......... - DMong, Tue Aug 16 14:02:56 2011
• RE: So now we have........ - Aaron, Tue Aug 16 19:08:15 2011
• That's what I said........... - Kerby..., Tue Aug 16 19:39:07 2011
• RE: That's what I said........... - bmac, Tue Aug 16 19:48:46 2011
• Well,....... - Kerby..., Tue Aug 16 20:00:25 2011
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• Well,.......... - Kerby..., Tue Aug 16 18:11:53 2011
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