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I am planning on 23 Cal King breeding projects this year and some other misc breedings.

Albino High White x Albino High White
Blizzard x Double het (Albino & Hypermelanistic)
Blizzard x Double het Banana (Albino & Hypermelanistic)
Hypo x Ghost
Albino Banana x Albino Banana
Lavender x Double het (Albino & Lavender)
Double het (Albino & Hypermelanistic) x Double het (Albino & Hypermelanistic)
Chocolate Banana, het Albino x Chocolate Banana
Davis x Davis
Davis x Mendota
Double het (Albino & Lavender) x Double het (Albino & Lavender)
Albino High White x Albino High White Reverse Stripe
Albino High White x High White Reverse Stripe
Chocolate x Blizzard
Ghost x Lavender
Lake Elsinore x Lake Elsinore (wild caughts)
Double het (Ghost & Hypermelanistic) x Double het (Ghost & Hypermelanistic)
Stripe, het Lavender x Stripe, het Lavender
Carlsbad x Carlsbad (wild caughts) 3 different females
Chocolate (Pure solid chocolate) x Mendota
Double het (Albino & Hypermelanistic) x Spotted, het hypermelanistic

Kerby...
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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

I know the male is also het for albino.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

I acquired this male, solid chocolate cal king last summer...so this is the first time I am breeding him.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

The male is a Blizzard and the female is a double het (albino & hypermelanistic).

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

Will see if it is the same hypermelanistic gene.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

for your 2007 special projects.

Sounds like you'll have some good stuff going on there.

byron.d

Out of the 23 clutches....I've had 12 hook ups. Tomorrow will be another busy day as some more females have shed. I will keep updating.

Thanks

Kerby...
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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

Great job Kerby. Keep up the good work!
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I still don't need no spell chack.

It's taking forever! LOL

I still have some holdback projects that I will be breeding next year for the first time.

Kerby...
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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

I look forward to seeing how the genetics of the hypermelanism works out. Assuming it is the same gene, someone will eventually have to cross it with a nitida to see if that is equivalent also. Good stuff.
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Rick Staub

I'm assuming they are.

We shall see.

As we can see from the pic, there is a distinct difference between the Davis and the Mendota.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

but I think it is actually a pattern morph rather than production of melanin. I think the creation of the cream pattern is somehow broken in these snakes, resulting in reduction of the cream.

The reason I suspect this is that with blizards, you can see the hypermelanistic pattern - only it is amel rather than brown/black. The same effect of the broken cream pattern over the (now white) base colour is there.

I think Davis and Mendota are same gene.
I think the "grease kings" of LA and the hyper conjuncta/nitida are different cause of similar effect. They may be compat. genes though.
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