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I think these Hypoerythristics will eventually be Anerythristic.........
Awesome snakes to have in my opinion..........

Male:

Female:

They sure have come a long way since this in 2008.......

AMAZING huh?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Wow huge difference between now and then. Can you tell as juveniles they are hypo E?
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>>Wow huge difference between now and then. Can you tell as juveniles they are hypo E?
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When breeding Hypo-E to Hypo-E you can tell, but when breeding Black Phase by Hypo-E it is difficult.
I believe this gene acts codominant but it hasn't been proven yet. We'll know next year at this time if my 2 male Black X Hypo-E start to turn pink......and black would be VERY cool.....

This ontogenesis occurs with the Black Phase and the Hypo-E animals.......No real "markers" per say, but I am making some educated guesses so far......lol
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

No real "markers" per say, but I am making some educated guesses so far......lol
I hear you, I've had the same problem with my Grease kings. Kind of hard to tell what is normal and what is not. There's a lot of variation in that morph, which makes it difficult at times. I'm thinking I will have it down in another 10 years or so. lol
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Yeah, that is a crazy ontogenesis those undertake as they mature. Sure would be cool to understand the precise dynamics within the pigment cells as to exactly how/why that occurs..

I am sure you have pondered that very question many times before..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

>>Yeah, that is a crazy ontogenesis those undertake as they mature. Sure would be cool to understand the precise dynamics within the pigment cells as to exactly how/why that occurs..
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>>I am sure you have pondered that very question many times before..LOL!

Yep.....What the hell is going on in there?.......LOL
This male looks as though his saddles will be white in a year or so........The female has something else going on.....She is more lavender than pink.......It looks like the gray ground color is mixing in with the reduction of red........

I wonder if it is dimorphic as well......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

"I wonder if it is dimorphic as well"

Yep, maybe yet another possibility. Only time will tell I guess. Certainly wouldn't be the first time a normal phenotype or genetic mutation was sexually dimorphic..

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

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>>King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
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>>My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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>>>>King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
>>>> Jorge Sierra
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>>>>My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
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>>John Lassiter
>>Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com