Well,..it turns out the nice yellow brooks adults I have gave me some very nice surprises on September 1st. These two adults I have started out looking almost identical to several of their very red offspring that were produced here.
These parents I have actually did originate from southern Dade County stock that has been line-bred for exhibiting very high amounts of red to their juvenile color scheme. This gradually changes with age into their rich hues of yellow, but still tends to maintains a sort of peachy/orange coloration on their sides, and even a little sometimes in their dorsal cross-bars as well into adulthood.
When their lineage was actually traced, it turns out that they are indeed a composite of Bill Schmeidecke's old bloodlines, as well as a couple other well known individual's stock who have been collecting in the wilds of Florida for some time now.
It is true that many times, a sib to sib breeding can produce some really surprising results, where otherwise these genetic combinations would never happen at all, and can often "magnify" certain traits, or create all sorts of weird separate traits too.
Well, this clutch is definitely interesting to say the least, and far from what would normally be expected by just looking at the parents.
Here are the parents, although the male is a much more brighter yellow than he shows in this pic. He is a big boy too, especially for an '07. He is 58" long, and 1050 grams(over 2.2 pounds).
here are the kids.
here is one with ZERO red, and a beige/green cast
and HERE is the most surprising "FREAKAZOID" of the clutch!
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
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It'd be 10000% awesome to see an adult that had that coloring/pattern.
