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Is the striped trait in Pacific gopher snakes normally recessive?

The reason I ask is that I bred a W/C male from Sonoma County to a normal female from San Joaquin County, a region without a striped population.

Currently hatching are 3 normals and 4 Striped.

Could this be a new form of the striped trait being co-dom? Or, was this always the case? I wasn't expecting to get any striped animals from this pairing, so it was a nice surprise.

Your thoughts?

Thanks.

Oh you can't teas us like that. Post some pictures, dude! lol
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Here are a couple of photos. If, the trait is dominant, as you said, then that answers my question. I'd always thought this was a recessive trait though, anyone else?

Striped and Normal Hatchlings

Yes the stripe morph in pacific gopher snakes is co-dom. What happened in your case is typical and awesome btw

Thanks for the pictures. Those are really cool. I like the co dom trait because you don't have to wait.
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I've heard previously that it was dominant, but I've never tried breeding them myself to be sure.
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Nick Puder
www.rnpreptiles.com

Grey Owl,

This topic occasionally surfaces here and there is no general agreement yet. Here is a link to the most recent discussion on the striped phase Pacific gopher...

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1780926,1780926

Ah, my old thread!
I am envying Grey_Owl for those beautiful babies!

I know Jason Nelson has told me in the past that the striped gene in catenifer is co-dom and the striped gene in annectans in simple recessive...

The striped gene is definitely dominant in catenifer. I have bred several of these going back 20 years. I have never seen anything to suggest it was co-dom, just variable in its manifestation, ie not all stripes are created equal. I will post some pics soon of some stripes and albinos produced this year.
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Rick Staub