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Here's a quick pic of my gravid female Hypo T. marcianus. This is a new mutation that is inherited as a codominant gene. She has mated multiple times with the pictured normal male (locally collected here in Kendall Co., TX), and is swelling nicely....

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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

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Brad.That is crazy!! jeff

Thanks Jeff-I think so too! It's really an interesting mutation-it has a very similkar effect as the "Stillwater Hypo" gene in Bulls. It seems to remove melanin from all areas of the snake EXCEPT the black markings, which are intensified. I would say it was the same gene, except that it isn't a simple recessive.
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

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It will be interesting to see how that pair up with the granite gene.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com
1.0 cinnamon pastel Python regius
1.1 pastel Python regius
1.1 mojave Python regius
0.3 normal Python regius
1.3 Terrapene carolina thriunguis
2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina
4.1 Kinosternon baurii
1.1 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
2.2 double het albino and anerythristicThamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
2.3 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix
0.2 het Christmas albino Thamnophis radix
1.1 double het cherry erythristic, albino Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 melanistic Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
2.0 66% het snow Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.2 flame Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 triple heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 butter p.h. stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 carmel stripe p.h. amel Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 amelanistic p.h. carmel,stripe Pantherophis guttatus

that first pic hurt my eyes, wow, bright. great looking animals.
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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp

She looks so, so so much like my female checkered!!!
here she is when I first snatched her up at a show:

And I should add, that this picture actually makes her look dark!!!

Brad,

Beatiful snake ! Good luck w/ her, do you know if the hypo babies are easily discernable from normal babies at birth?

Scott

Scott-

Yes, I saw a pic of a full clutch, and the difference was quite easy to discern. The hypos really stood out.
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

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