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hi saw you guys talking about striped and motley striped genes.this girl hatched out this year out of a pair of my motley sunglows.is she striped or striped motley? what is the dif? her parents are from my 2nd gen south mountian bloodlines.and don't realy know if they are het for anything. your thoughts are welcome.
thanks okeeteekid

if she came out of a motley......she would be striped motley........

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but what if both parents were het for normal striped

Yes, if both sun motley parents are het for stripe, you can get striped sunglows. Here's a comparison pic below your's; showing an example of the difference between a striped amel and a striped motley amel.

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Thanks for posting that pic Don!! I was looking through my (very limited) gallery for a nice clean shot of a stripe from above. I was responding to this same post below where it was discussing stripe/motley but I'll continue it here.

In my experience, every stripe is just like the one Don posted. Meaning that it is very clean between the two main stripes on its back. That is, there should be no blotches joining the two dorsal stripes. However, I notice at least 1-2 of them in the original poster's pic, one near the head and again near the tail. To me this signifies motley/stripe. Am I wrong?
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Either way it's a great snake. The reason I say striped motley is because near the head and tail it looks like it closes off. Could you maybe post more pictures and close up? I'm definitely not an expert by the way.

iam not that good with the cam. this was about the best shot i could get of her.there is one blotch behind her head and one blotch above her vent.the stripes connect from head blotch to vent blotch. from vent blotch to the tip of the tail all dashes

Yes, it's true that most striped corns have no "clutter" on the dorsum between the stripes, but the more we're breeding them, the more we're starting to see some that are a little dirty between stripes. Some have markings between stripes while some just have echoes of markings between stripes.

The best way to distinguish between them is the width and location of the stripes. On the striped motley, you can see that the colors that represent the markings take up most of the body and are closer together dorsally. On most striped corns, the stripes are not only narrower, but usually cleaner (relatively consistant width) and farther apart dorsally. As you point out, most striped motlies have stripes that are narrow/wide/narrow/wide, etcetera. The ground zone between the stripes is almost always wider on striped corns than it is on striped motlies. There are exceptions in both directions, but I estimate that this rule-of-thumb is about 99% representative at this time.
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