I don’t disagree with you Doug. They certainly vary in coloration throughout their range and could yield variance in the same clutch, but in these; stomach scales and pupil color makes it stand out to me. The ones I noticed had two distinct “albino” colors not really a pallet of variance. The bells have breeder known/visual hybinos. I’ll try to get a pic next time I visit. I think you’ll see what I’m seeing, but you’re right by the definition of the mutations it is ultimately a judgment.

Side note- to your point- Rich Z showed me years ago how many amel corns were actually exhibiting both hypo and amel and going unnoticed. This was is before the hybino term was coined, and their was five types of hypos in corns. No one labeled them, charged more, or bred for it. I guess their was no interest or monetary reward to with all the constant corn genetic exploration ongoing. He is great at observing pupil ‘tells” in tiny hatchlings.

Kc… I’ll try to find out where Mark got them from. Yeah, breeding striping together helps your odds quite a bit, but has baffled me with the unreliability from the get go.

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