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Hoping to prove this trait genetic this year or the next. If it does, I'm calling it the "cammo" phase because a friend of mine came over with his 6 year old son and as soon as the boy saw it he said "Oooo cammo" because he thought it resembled army cammo. It's locality specific too, from my own line of West Langtry's. Please let me know what you guys think!

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Bad arse Aaron!!!!!! That is very cool and I hope you prove it out.

Joe

Very neat Aaron! Keep us posted!
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Genesis 1:1

Wow! That's awesome looking. Best of luck proving that out.

reako45

Thanks for the responses guys. Here's a little more info about the geneology. In 1996 I found a female dark Blair's about 8 miles west of Langtry. In 1999 I found a male dark Blair's about 6 miles west. I bred those two together and held back one of the females.

In 2010 I bred her back to her wc father and produced the snake in the post above. Actually there was three "cammos" produced, all were males, but I gave two of them to a friend and kept only the one. The ones my friend got would not feed for him and died, so mine is the only one left from that clutch.

In 2011 I didn't produce any snakes at all. In 2012 I got another clutch from the same father/daughter pairing but only one egg was good. It hatched and it appears to be a "cammo" but it's not nearly as extreme as the one I posted. I am almost certain it's genetic but there was alot of mold on that clutch so I have done the same pairing again this year and won't call it for sure until I see at least one more "cammo" pop out.

Next year I should be able to breed the actual "cammo" male above back to his mother and see what comes out. Another thing of note is that the black on gray look does not appear to be associated with the "cammo" trait at all, it's just a natural trait sometimes seen at that particular locality(and others) so there could be "cammos" with red in the pattern as well.
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Sounds like a fun project. That is a cool pattern.

--Dennis

That's really cool. Good luck with proving it out.
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the Cat-eye snake to me.....or maybe a blunt headed tree snake.
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