The sire, Mega Het Snow:



The dame, Falcon Extreme Vanished Hypo (one the most interesting Hondos I've seen):





My goal was to test the compatibility between the Falcon Extreme Hypo Line and the Mega Hypo Line. The Falcon Extreme (a breeding loan from Don Shores) has many of the polymorphic recessive "hypo genes" being expressed, so it was a perfect snake to test the theory.

Here are the photographs of the clutch below...

Pre-Shed Shots

Flash:


No Flash (I know the focus sucks, but the color is right):


Post-Shed Shots

Flash:


No Flash:




Can you guess which one I kept from the last pic above?



Comparison Hypo Pics

The two pics below show a Ghost with the Mega X Falcon clutch.

All of these neonates have been sired by the same Mega Het Snow male, but come from two unrelated females.





The above two shots illustrate the differences between the two "black pigments". The Ghost is chocolate, where the Vanishing Hypos are more saturated purple/black. It's difficult to photograph it, but I did my best.


Don't misunderstand what I'm stating, these neonates are really nice light hypos, they just aren't what I consider "Extreme" or "Mega" when comparing them to previous clutches that I've produced. I have observed a very similar type of phenotypical result regardless of which "hypo" female I pair with him.

Here's a few shots of an Extreme clutch that Doug has produced:



When you have an Extreme, it basically looks like an Amel.



Here's a few other neonates from a clutch last year. These were VERY VERY light, lighter than the Mega X Falcon clutch shown above, and the female that produced these was not an "Extreme":







The female that produced the neonates pictured above:


After looking at these pics again, I think I'm going to repeat this breeding next year!


Oh, and this is the one female I held back:



Don Shores has the remainder of the clutch (I believe the sex ratio was 1.2).

Thanks,
Rusty

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