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Who started the anaconda morph.Where did it come from.I am starting to be a big fan of these guys.It is a codom trait so are there any hets or do hets occur at all ..
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Archie Bottoms

The anaconda is a visual het for the superconda. How a codom pops up is a really good question I've asked myself many times. Just the right genes line up and lottery won LOL. I am a huge fan of the crazy patterns they throw out.
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www.hognosefarm.com

Hello Archie,

I produced the first anaconda in 2004 and the first superconda in 2008,

You can find more info at Superconda.com

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Brent Bumgardner
bwbumgardner@aol.com
703.431.1776
Superconda Website

Co-dominant morphs, like recessive, dominamt, incomplete dominant, and polygenic morphs, are random genetic mutation that occure in captivity as well as in wild population... The difference being is that in the wild many of these morphs cause the animal inflicted to stand out and they usually get picked off by predatory animals... In captivity they are able to thrive because ove the total lack of predation...

However, not all recessive, dominant, incomplete dom, polygenic, or co-dom morphs are fatal in the wild... There are instances where these genetic mutation are a positive change in wild populations resulting in locality spacific morphs...

I have always wondered about that theory of morphs being picked off more easily in the wild than normals. Most of the snakes are usually hiding or nocturnal so why would the colors matter all that much?
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www.hognosefarm.com

My axanthic kennerlyi wouldn't have made it long. He was as obvious as a neon tube out on the crawl. His camouflage was completely gone. The wild type animals seem to "melt" right into the dirt, or asphalt and almost look flat from the view above. The axanthic on the other hand was the complete opposite. He looked twice as big as he really was and he had a very 3 dimensional look. It almost looked like he was glowing in the dark, but it was the middle of the day. He wouldn't have had a chance if there was a predatory bird circling above.

Nocturnal in reptiles mean they are actually more active during the night, not inactive during the day...

Reptiles still need the sun even if they are nocturnal... They need it to thermoregulate and to produce D3 in order to process calcium even if it is in very small amounts...

A morph will always be vulnerable to predation unless the genetic mutation turns out to be beneficial or siuted for the natual environment...

I have never once found a hognose at night all in the mourning during a rain or at a little before sunset.They have playa lakes around here once my friend found over 60 in a mourning walking circles around a playa as it filled during a rain.At that time wholesale was 10 bucks and he drove to the shed in florida to do the trade.You would not even believe what 600 dollars would get in 1980.He came home with a [bleep] load.Did you catch the anaconda or did it just pop up from a litter of wild cought.
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Archie Bottoms

When conditions are right, hognose are very active and come out in the open. Funny thing is that many WC hognose morphs somehow made it to adulthood in the wild. The first pink pastel was a small adult male. The second pink pastel was a neonate. The first orange albino was a good-sized adult male. The t plus albino was also a good sized adult male. All were found in the open. I think,largely, that thier primarily fossorial nature protects them when color or pattern do not.
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Thank you,
Kevin Rhodes
http://www.freewebs.com/spreptile/hognose.htm
http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc314/lifesciences/?action=view¤t=09-09hognose001.jpg

As far as I know all the albino corals were found as adults as well
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Archie Bottoms