Tony,

When I had contacted GCR years back, I was sent photos of some of their offspring. What is interesting is some of those that were labeled as het for blaze lacked the half black/half light coloration on the bands and had light heads like what I've seen in other blaze. Then there were some labeled as blaze that had that split scale coloration on the bands. So these seems to differ from what you are saying you are seeing.

I also had saved some photos of various AKs posted by others here over the years and several that were labeled as Hypos, look just like your blaze in the banding and light heads, yet these did not have any red.

Whatever trait it is, as you compared it to hypo in the temporalis, I still do not see how if it were the hypo gene in the AKs that would make the bands have less melanin but yet the blotches remain normal. IMO, it would seem something else is at work here which leads me to believe more that it is a result of some sort of cross/hybridization.

What do you know about the origin of the animals that produced the blaze?

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