I seriously doubt it is any form of hypomelanism as the hypo trait is not going to just affect some areas with black pigment and skip others. What's happening with these blaze seems to be more pattern oriented, that is decreasing the amount of black (not the intensity of black) on the bands. I would say it's very likely this is due to it being crossed/hybridized.

As for the amount of red in the eyes, I had several clutches from wc AKs I found myself and many of the offspring had red eyes. I believe this is also seen in Florida Kings.

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