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A couple of weeks ago I had a clutch of spotnoses hatch out and these two girls carry most of the markers but the extreme head pattern. The prodominant black on them makes it a lil more confusing. Color wise they share the lightness of the others that are obvious spotnoses as well. Any other advice will help in deciding if anyones had a so called "B grade" spotnose. This is only my second clutch of these but the first showed crazy pattern but obvious head markings. Thanks for all advice.

Here is the other.

Those look like what I call "spotnose normals" they have the body pattern of the SN but not the head. They are usually really nice and bright yellow. I have an adult female I have never bred but this year I plan to with a pastel spotnose and see what happens. I never followed through but thought it was a possibility that it could be one of those extra genes found with some of the codoms-

Tracy, have you ever produced a Spotnose with all of the markers except the the nose "spot"?

I don't think they are Spotnose. I only say this because I hatched a female out this year that looks almost identical to the one in the second photo. She has the light bright color with her backgroung being black, a very faint head pattern, and 2 prominant yellow "spots" under her nostrils. But, she was from a PastelxNormal breeding.
Eric

i also got some exactly like that from either a pastel x normal or normal x normal, i forget which, if not both pairings. ( picked up the females at the start of the season and they had already been paired up ....)
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sorry i meant to say the one in the first pic looks like a spot but the animal in youre 2nd post does not!

The funny thing about my 2 clutches of Spots this year is in fact both have netted me the same exact ratios. 2.1 Spotnose and 0.3 Normal is this very common? Id imagine not...

Here are the Spots

and the other

I'm gonna go with negative on either of those being spots. Grade A normals though....Congrats....
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sure looks like a spot nose to ne! regards