Congratulations on the hatch!

I will say however that there is very obvious L.t.nelsoni geneflow in those animals. The very close together sets of triads(rings of three), the higher RBR (red body ring) count and the the fact that there is also an amelanistic(albino) one in the clutch is all very indicative of there being Nelson's milksnake genetic influence there regardless of what someone might have called the parents previously. This happens very often in the hobby as the two subspecies are very closely related, and the fact that the vast majority of hobbyists have no clue as to the specific meristical differences that set the two subspecies apart from one another. This is also the reason there are so many intermediate intergrades in the hobby mainstream.

In other words, to call those true "Sinaloan" milksnakes wouldn't be accurate. They are actually intergrade intermediates of the two subspecies. The amelanistic gene is derived from the Nelson's milksnake that originated back in the mid-90's.



best regards, ~Doug
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