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In these two pics you can see the purple highlights on his back. Pretty cool...something I wasn't expecting at all.

Here's one where you can see a normal female off to the left. I only left them together for a minute or so to get the photos and he immediately started getting excited. At least I know he's willing.

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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

*cries in his pillow* i want to have some nephrurus levis ssp!!!!
almost impossible to get for reasonable prices in europe =o/

stunning animal you got there, i cant tell you how jealous i am.

I love nephrurus. Here is a pic of one of the hypos that I am working with. He is pictured with a female from the same parents as him.

Yikes...They're both gorgeous. Are those levis levis?

Honestly, they both look like hypos to me...it's just that the male looks to be a very (very, very) good one.

Do you have any idea of how the trait is passed on, genetically speaking?

Thanks,
Anthony
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Anthony Caponetto
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Yes, they are both levis levis. As for how the trait is passed on, I am not totally certain. Most of the babies I produce come out looking like the female in the picture with some being even lighter. There are some animals in my colony that produce offspring like the male every year, so it looks to be genetic. I am hoping that when the siblings are bred together, they will give me a little more insight as to whats going on.

Art

Art,

Just a thought, but I wonder if you might have some type of co-dominant hypo trait going on with those. In other words, the female you posted might be a hypo in the heterozygous form and the male might be the homozygous or "super" form (for example "Super Pastel" Ball Pythons).

In fact, the one I got is said to have been produced by a hypo male bred to a normal looking female.

If you ever happen to have any males available like the one you posted, please let me know.

Thanks,
Anthony

>>Yes, they are both levis levis. As for how the trait is passed on, I am not totally certain. Most of the babies I produce come out looking like the female in the picture with some being even lighter. There are some animals in my colony that produce offspring like the male every year, so it looks to be genetic. I am hoping that when the siblings are bred together, they will give me a little more insight as to whats going on.
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Anthony Caponetto
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Anthony,

You may be right. I thought about the breedings that were done over the last couple of years. I had bred animals from different lines to insure genetic diversity, and produced some very light colored animals. I then bred animals from the same lines together and got these "super hypo" looking animals. Co-dom could be a possibility. The picture is of one of the hypos as a hatchling. The color is a bit off due to a crappy camera and the incandescent lights in the room, but you can tell it is definitely different. The difference between my hypos and normals is evident almost from day one. Also, the difference between what I call my normals is very different from other breeders normals, often coloring up within a couple weeks after hatching.Time will tell.

Who did you get you hypo from? I am curious because I have heard of other people working with hypos, but have never seen any, at least not like mine.

As for surplus animals, I will keep you posted via e-mail.

Art

This trait sounds alot like the hypo trait in the n.milli...I have spoken to a friend about his and he has told me the trait for hypo in milli is quite strange. The reason is that you can breed a normal to a hypo and maybe only 1-4 turns hypo, that is a normal female throwing hypo offspring without any het genetics in her at all. I think this hypo triat with your levis is similar. A trait that you can't really predict which hatchling will appear "hypo" until they hatch, meaning it's not a 50% ratio het to recessive. I think they are splendid animals at that! I just got rid of my adult pair of levis to a friend, do you have any babies available right now arta? I am deffinately looking into getting more very soon, and you two have nice stock. Get back with me, either on here or my email is dwgeckos@yahoo.com Thanks. Leland-D.W.Geckos