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Here is a comparison pic of adult orange West coast strain hypo brooksi along side a normal looking adult hypo.

That looks like more a comparison of a Doug Beard Hypo to a Love or a Krysko. As far as I know there are three strains Beards, Loves and Krysko's . i know there is a guy on the West Coast who had Hypo's pop up but they were from Mark Bell Brooksi and I believe Mark has popped out a few himself. I would guess Lens and Bells are pretty much the same as Love's and Beards stands on its own as they are really light and abberant. Everybody has purchased Brooksi from the Glades Herp and thats the animals that their Hypo's popped from so I think in reality there are only 2 strains. I had a hypo pop up last year and my animals originally came from Mark Bell animals . Im breeding my het. male to a super high orange Hypo Love female this year. She should lay within the next few weeks.

Keith

The first hypos I saw were from California in 1991. They were from a guy named Vince Schidte or something like that. I remember the description was exactly how they are described today and the price was $650 ea. The list, if I remember correctly, had lots of rare ratsnakes and a few rare boas. I think the hypo brooks were the only brooksi he had. I believe these were the first ones available.

As far as the Love strain and the Beard strain go, I think they were just outcrossed into different normal brooksi, resulting in different looking patterns. Love hypos have a mostly patternless belly, while the Beard and Krysko lines have a checkered belly. Who knows?

Brandon Osborne

BTW, this pic is not of a hypo.......just a normal.