All mutations could be thought of as deformities, just some have significant negative effects and others don't. Heck, the "normal" is just the collection of the best deformities for living in their home range so far. Maybe one of our morphs will actually be a beneficial deformity and some day become the wild norm.



For a specific morph like the scaleless it comes down to weighing any difficulties against the desirability of the mutation. I've got a normal that I have to soak most every shed for some reason but since she doesn't seem to have any desirable trait along with that I don't think I'll breed for it (not sure it has anything to do with genetics) even if it isn't that big of a drawback and is quite manageable. Time will tell how well this little one grows up and if there is a down side to being scaleless and how bad it is. All we can hope for is honest reporting and I'd expect we'll get it. It will also be cool to see what can be deduced about the genetics from info about the reported mother.

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