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My question is what does the sibling part mean? I'm not a breeder but I am curious. Here's a pic of him for fun.
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Father Pic

Mother

Sibling

Let me clarify - I know what a sibling means but is it referring to the fact that one of the parents was a sister or brother to my snake?

Regarding breeding - If I breed him to a non-related mate - his offspring should still show some of his parents traits - Is this correct or do siblings have genetic flaws?

The picture of the "sibling" is the exact same snake. I'd wonder if maybe the breeder accidentally sent you the wrong picture and meant to send a pic of one of your snakes clutchmates.
Siblings are all the snakes that came from the same clutch. There's no reason to assume there are any defects or anything unless the breeder specifies so. Sibling just might show slightly different color patterns on them since they inherited their own particular mix of genes from the parents.
I'd get with the breeder for more clarification on the issue if you're confused. There can be many screws thrown into the mix.
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Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

The picture I posted as a link is the same animal I posted as a picture. I learned how to post pics after I posted the link. Sorry for any confusion

The term sibling typically is used in a co-dom x normal breeding, where the offspring are visual hets for the trait and normal animals. These normals are called siblings.

Now, with the jag gene and its siblings are a bit different, and honestly I don't think anyone knows for sure at this point how exactly it works. Anyway.. jag siblings are produced in a jag clutch, and aren't jags but usually are different visually from normal animals or in your case, typical integrades.

>>My question is what does the sibling part mean? I'm not a breeder but I am curious. Here's a pic of him for fun.
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photos.xtremecombatsports.com

Thanks Tim for the great explanation - it is much appreciated