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Well our season is slowing down and only a few clutches left to hatch.

This lovely gem is another joint project between Doug Ferrin Reptiles & myself.

We bred Haas line Het Super Stripe male to a Mojave female. It was a 4 egg clutch and this one has us really suspicious that we hit the combo. With that said, we have also seen striped Mojaves pop out of others' clutches. Quite a few have been posted on this forum. This one is staying here to prove out later but we would love to hear your opinions on this one! Enjoy

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Best regards,
AlanColesReptiles

It's a boy

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Best regards,
AlanColesReptiles

Alan,
He is a beauty. His head looks a little lighter to me. Do you think he is a mojave specter? He looks like one to me. What does his mojave parent look like? Does he/she have the striping like him? V/R Paige
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Balls - As many as my husband will tolerate...other various reptiles, animals, kids and a smoking sweet husband; would be perfect if he only liked ball pythons...

I tend to think of all Mojaves being 'possibly het striped'....
Paired with the right morph, I think any Mojave can make dorsally striped offspring.

Why? Because of the tendency for Mojaves to have dorsal stripes/striping, and the tendency for Mojave combos to have complete, or nearly complete, dorsal stripes.

I've seen fully striped Pastaves.
I've seen fully striped Mojave YellowBellies.
Most Mojave Fires/Sulfurs I've seen have impressive dorsal stripes.
Just the other day I stumbled upon photos of Mojave Fire Deserts. Yep, dorsal stripes. LOL

Ever seen a Mojave Cinnamon that DIDN'T have a near perfect dorsal stripe?

I'd even extend this 'theory' to Cinnamons and YellowBellies.

YB x YB does make a dorsally striped animal (Ivory).

Or any other morph with a somewhat isolated dorsal pattern.
Alot of Spectres for example.
Or perhaps some lines of Granite.

Just a theory of mine.

Congrats on that Mojave Striper.
It is indeed very nice to look at.

Love me some Stripes!

BB
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"Have you hugged your drummer today?" --- Me

BB,

I'm pretty sure I basically agreed with you before you posted but hey thanks for chiming in. And thank you for the comments! Best of luck to you this season!
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Best regards,
AlanColesReptiles

Alan,

Best of luck proving the genetics on this little guy.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Thank you Brian!
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Best regards,
AlanColesReptiles