After working with these guys for a while, I finally figured out what's going on with them. These seem to work as a recessive trait rather than a codominant like the italian an AC leatherbacks. I bred two reduced scale beardeds together and hatched 100% reduced scale babies(pictured), bred a reduced scale to a "het" and hatched 50% reduced scale/50% regular scaled, and bred a reduced scale to a normal dragon and hatched regular scaled beardeds. These will not produce silkbacks. I'll post more info after I hatch a few more clutches. Thanks, Josh
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