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Here are the black backs for those who wanted to see.
I got 2.2 of them.
2.1 from one clutch 0.1 out of another. Serparate parents.

I'll get pictures of the other 2 this week. They just came out yesterday and today.
Cheers.
D.

wow gorgeous
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Very nice. Can you post some details regarding incubation temps? I just hatched out a woma that looks very similar after having some incubation problems. I'm wondering if this is genetic or evironmental. Any insight is appreciated.
Mike

I don't think this is a temp thing.
I know that alot of Womas are hatched with dorsal stripes. Some fade with age others don't. In fact, I just hatched 8 Womas and most of them have dosal stripes. I guess it depends on what lines you're breeding with also.
Seeing black backs in BHP's is not as common but... not unheard of. I've seen wany womas and BHP's that have very broken stripes down the backs and they usually have a smugged appearance. I've only seen one other BHP with stripes as dark as these and it's in the Barker Aussie pythons book.
I doubt it's anything other than a fluke though.
I also would imagine that, if it was temps....the entire clutch would be affected as one egg doesn't get "cooler or hotter" than the other sitting half an inch(or less)away.
I incubated at a steedy 87 degrees.
Cheers.
D.

Fluke or not, that's a beuatiful animal...congrats!

now thats pretty nifty! Are they "westerns"?

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Lateralis
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Marion "Doc" Ford

Thanks.
The first one was the only one from the west clutch.
I had 3 more from an eastern clutch.
I'd like to know how many of these guys have shown up over the course of the 30 years we've been breeding them.I'm sure there have been more.
Anybody know anything??????
Will be interesting to breed back for an "all black" BHP. Only time will tell. Haha.
D.