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Eight before we left for Daytona these really cool snakes hatched! We named it the VPI Black Smoke Red Blood. It is at this point a dominant=11 eggs, 6 hatched out all alike! The dad is a much darker snake-so I can only assume that the babies will turn that way-but will see. I raised the dad from a baby-but it has been 4 years and I don't know that I remembered what he looked like when I got him, but I thought anerythristic (?)

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Can't wait to see some more pics! Looks like a really fun mutation!

K~
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Very nice as always!

Brent

Wow so 6 came out with abberant pattern and Anery looking?

Congratulations !!!!!

can we see the DAD?
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That is neat! It is always great to see others surprises and to learn more about blood python morphs! Great job!

I hope it doesn't offend you, but I'd like to float a different theory. I don't know if anerythrism could be a dominant trait. In theory, the enzymes utilized to form the red pigments come from both sets of genes. Even if one is defective, the other one should be able to produce enough red pigment. Therefore, animals heterozygous for the anerythrism trait should look normal. Then again, I've been out of reptiles for a while, and I may need to brush up on what's going on with the paradigm boa constrictors and their genetics.

FWIW, which probably isn't much, here is my theory. I bet that is something like the cinnamon/black pastel ball python- which shows both color and pattern variation. Maybe not exactly like it, but I am looking forward to seeing the homozygous form of your blood python. Wouldn't it be neat if you produced the blood python version of something like the super cinnamon trait in ball pythons? In my mind, I would think such an animal would be more valuable than a dominant form of anerythrism, but I may not have my finger accurately on the pulse of the market.

If we are betting dollars, black pastel blood python is what I want to bet my dollar on.

I hope you don't mind me wildly speculating about YOUR animals. Awesome snake!

Bryant King

i think that is what you call the cat's meow!

i too would like to see the dad (and mom).
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The New Redpython.net

Dad-yes I agrre-it is a pattern and color thing!

VPI Black Smoke and normal red blood

Chromehead brongermai!

Dad is pretty sweet too!
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The New Redpython.net

Very interesting! Figures you would have something lurking in those mysterious cages of yours

Glad to see how these age over time. Like fine wine!
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Great outcome in the offspring Tracy! They do have a lot of reduction in red pigment, if any at all. It will really be neat to see how they develop, the dad is amazing!
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Mike Jenks-Solar Serpents llc

Wow very cool Tracy, kinda looks like a mad ground boa and a brogersmai got in a head on collision! good stuff . many thanks

Ian

Very Cool Tracy!
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Cindy
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It's nice to see another blood morph!

Very cool, now imagine that as a purple albino!
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