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born 3-16-11 from a pair of plain, solid brown pure rufescens. thanks, scott erycine1@aol.com

nice lookin litter scott!

So "rufescens" x "rufescens" does not produce all "rufescens" necessarily?

Sounds like a pattern variant like striped Cal king vs banded Cal king.
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Mark

Interesting litter. Had the female been bred in the past? Could be a case of multiple paternity via sperm retention. Seems to be fairly common in the animal world (we have learned a lot using DNA data).

Paper:
www.seaturtle.org/PDF/Uller_2008_MolEcol.pdf
www.herpconbio.org/Volume_5/Issue_1/Wusterbarth_etal_2010.pdf

Thanks for sharing!
Chris
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Scott what are those odd balls called? Abberant rufescens...lol!!
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Mark Huntley
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hey chris, its been a bit over 2 years since she bred last. not sure if any sperm would still be viable after that long. thanks scott erycine1@aol.com

Hi Scott,

I know that I'm joining this thread very late, but I just tought I'd throw this out. I recently spoke with Warren Treacher about similar rufescens variants. He has a pair of solid brown rufescens that he says regularly throw mixed litters just like the one in your photo. He has other pairs of solid browns that only throw solids.

Steve