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I was wondering if anyone here has any info about blotched Trans-pecos Rats. Collection data, genetic info in relation to the other phases,(blonde,normals,albinos),any other info anyone may have. Thanks in advance for your help.

Sometimes the normal or "H-patterned" Trans-Pecos is referred to as the blotched phase. Most just call them "normals".
If we were getting technical, the blonde pattern is actually more of a blotched pattern than the normal is. Blondes have light-centered blotches. Normals have H's running down their dorsum, and two dorsolateral stripes down their necks.
I recently bought some het for silvers that were advertised as het for "axanthic blonde"(silver w/ blonde pattern) and "blotched axanthics"(normally patterned silvers). I have seen other similar advertisements for similarly patterened snakes.
Sometimes the semantics can get us thinking that there are new phases out there in a particular species.
I had the same kind of excited reaction when I saw a suboc advertised as a "green blonde", which I thought could be a patternless phase like a "green" burmese python. Turned out to be a more olive-colored blonde phase, rather than the usual straw or yellow.
There have been rumors of patternless TPRS but nothing confirmed, to my knowledge. Baja rats are sometimes described as "patternless subocs" in appearance. Easy to see how those rumors could start. Hope that helps!
Talk to ya later,
Dusty Rhoads