Dorby,

This is exactly the point that I was trying to make about that gene. I don't like it when people call them hypermelanistic. The point that I was trying to make is that the gene expresses many different looks. The can be HYPERmelanistic, HYPOmelanistic, banded, striped, banded striped combo, speckled, and any combo of the mentioned looks to them. Really they are just a crazy looking snake. The one thing that they all have in common 95% of the time is that they have a black belly. This is obviously the biggest indicator of the gene.


The Eiseni gene that we are talking about is not shown in 100% of the population. We find way more normal banded king than we do Eisenis. The odds are about 1 in every 3 to 4 kings we find will be Eiseni.

I have heard many different names that describes the recessive gene in question.

Here are a couple of them:
Medonta, Davis, Delta, hypermelanistic, Eiseni, and Black Belly.

Here is a ventral shot


I hope I have made more sense out of this thread than I did the other one.

Thanks
Bobby

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