After Mike Falcon produced the first of his extremely light hypo hondurans, people began calling them "super hypos". But Steve Osborne has been calling his pretty hypos "super hypos" too. That won't work, since it seems they are very different animals. And Steve used "super" first (originally as part of a longer name he used in marketing his animals).



So after a number of conversations between mike & me and a few of the others who own most of the handful of hypos mike's produced so far, it was decided--with mike's final approval-- to call them "extreme hypos". I think this is an excellent solution, because it will eliminate confusion, and it's very descriptive--the melanin is reduced to an extreme degree, so much so the "dark" rings are sort of flesh colored and almost lighter than the adjacent orange rings. PLus as the snakes mature those rings don't darken (see photo) the way they do in almost all the other hypos.



Breedings this season should reveal whether the "extreme hypo" is a unique new genetic morph; whether it's a simple recessive; or whether it's just an unusual line of the regular hypo, the same way one person's line of anerythristics may be cleaner and lighter than another person's bloodline of anerys.



The evidence so far suggests the "extremes" are a new allele. A couple more months and we'll know for sure. In the meantime, maybe kevin, shannon, mike, can add pix of their supers here.



peace

terry dunham

albino tricolors

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