>>I think even Dr. Bechtel was wrong when he stated that.....But he's a doctor and all so we should listen to him.....
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>>I think his piont was these are just names and not science.
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>>So far we have the axanthic trait which is blue. The anery has some yellow bleeding through. And then the Cal kings and Ball pythons are all so screwed up with the gentic names nothing is straight across the board. And it should be for the hobbiest.
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>>Look at florida kings. When babies hatch they have a lot of red (some more than others), then they turn orange, then yellow. When does the orange turn to yellow? When does red turn to orange? Should that change the name of the recessive trait?


Look at Hondos.....They follow the scientific nomenclature.....
The Floridana breeders (you included...lol) seem to just use the terms as labels more than breeders of other species/subspecies. I think it's because a Floridana's colors aren't as straight forward as most king snakes. And they do change ontogenetically unlike most king snakes....
I've always stated that a "hypo" Floridana doesn't even look Hypomelanistic to me....it still has black on it typically.....
Maybe its just Hyperaxanthic......Like the Sulfurs......LOL
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