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First off, I know next to nothing about corn snake genetics. I thought that a hypo snake meant it had been bred for reduced amounts of black. But below there is a post with someone showing a snow that they say is either het or homozygous hypo. A snow has no black to begin with, so how could it have reduced black?

Obviously, I don't know what hypo really means. Could someone enlighten me? Thanks

You got it right about what hypo is...Snows can carry the hypo gene homozygously and it not be noticable, as can amels, blizzards opals, butters etc...There are some hypo snows that are called "Coral Snows", and the hypo appears to influence the color...Hypo also can reduce borders on a snake...some "sunglow amels" are hypo amels...

So aside from some usually mild phenotypic expression in the snakes mentioned, the main effect of a hypo snow would be seen in its offspring. I get it.