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This Hypo-E Mex Mex is from a Black Male and a Hypo-E female....
This guy shows that the gene is acting Co dominant.....

I hope he turns black too....I know he will be pink soon.....

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

That's cool. So, the only way you can tell if you are going to have a hypoE black phase is by raising them? Can't tell out of the egg?

>>That's cool. So, the only way you can tell if you are going to have a hypoE black phase is by raising them? Can't tell out of the egg?

I think I can tell if they are going to Hypo-E but I have yet to find a way to tell if they are going to be Black........
Since Black phase is a wild line bred morph there are many that are less black...we call them dark phase...... I think I need to line breed the black into his progeny in the future......then we'll have a black mex mex with pink saddles........
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Interesting. Are you the only one going for this look right now?

>>Interesting. Are you the only one going for this look right now?

The only one I know of.....
There aren't many Hypo-Es out there......
And the ones that are out there are being bred to each other to produce more......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

So the red will get lighter and the gray will get darker? I really like the sound of a black or almost black mex-mex with pink saddles.

>>So the red will get lighter and the gray will get darker? I really like the sound of a black or almost black mex-mex with pink saddles.

I know on this one the red will lighten to pink but I really can't tell if the gray will darken to black like his father.....
This guy proved that the Hypo-E gene is codominant.....

And yes....A black mex mex with pink saddles, speckles or even stripes will be killer....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

That snake will look sweet, regardless of how dark he gets, but I know what your aiming for.
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What's wrong with using CAUTION?!?!?!
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>>That snake will look sweet, regardless of how dark he gets, but I know what your aiming for.

Thanks Jorge....I am thinking he will at least look as good as my adult male...Getting dark will be a plus though.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...