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I was wondering.. I had heard alot that normal Blizzards can have jet black eyes. Now.. I was out of herps for about a year, but come back to notice a big thing going on with eclipse eyes, ruby red eyes and black eyes(Especially with snows). Can anyone clear up what the deal is? Like.. Are Blizzards with jet black eyes still a regular thing(Because I had seen alot of blizzards with the normal silver eyes), or is it valuable now? What morphs do breeders want to see the black eyes from? Thanks.

-Brittany

When I said eclipse I was thinking "snake eyes".. Eclipse is the jet black eyes, right? I'm confused, lol.

Nortmal blizzards have really dark blue eyes that almost look blue, as far as I can tell.

Lately there have been a few genes pop up that only affect the eyes. And one that affects the eyes and the body.

RAPTOR- Albino gene that only affects eyes, making them bright ruby red. Found by Ron Tremper.

Eclipse-Gene that causes eyes to be solid black. Appears to be recessive. Believed to be the non-albino form of the RAPTOR gene. Found by Ron Tremper.

MACK SNOWS- Co-dom gene that has a het form (mack snow) with normal eyes but a faded jungle pattern, and a homozygous super form (Mack Super Snow) which has solid black eyes, and no color but black and white. The spots also line up into rows down the body. No color creeps in with age like line bred snows. Found by Reptiles By Mack (John and Amy Mack I think ?)

SNAKE EYES- Recessive gene found by Ron Tremper that causes half of the eye to be solid black, and half to be normal.

Breeders are trying to figure out how these genes will work with other morphs. They are trying to out breed them as much as possible to see if they can make a name for themselves by creating a new combination before anyone else. See the post above about the new "Frosted" morph. VERY EXCITING STUFF!!!
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Typo, when I said blue the first time I ment grey...
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Hmm, thanks so much, that cleared alot up. I have a question, though.. I have a "blizzard" and she has jet black eyes like how you described the eclipse. I've heard of this before, but wasn't sure if it was a regular thing in blizzards. I know her eyes can't be dark grey because they're simply a solid black and the pupil itself cannot be located. Any idea? Or is this how the "dark grey" eyes are supposed to look? Sorry for the confusion, just wanted to sort out what's what.

Im not quite sure. Are we talking about a midnight blizzard? I know that no studies have been done on eye pigmentation ratios due to incubation temperatures but it might make sense...

Btw, in my earlier post I forgot to say that RAPTOR and the ECLIPSE gene are the same, but the RAPTOR is an albino...
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