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Love this little girl. Got some plans for her in the future.

Hi Gregg, this is my own naivety but why is that a tiger Jag? Its pattern is a fairly normal wild phenotype.
Again, I am new to these morphs, a tiger would be mostly banded right, and a Jag would be mostly spotted. I would think mostly means like 90%. A very high percentage of wild hogs contain some spotting and some banding.
Please understand, I am a field herper first and a deli cupper second. With that in mind, How can a normal phenotype be considered a morph. Or are we just playing with patterns and colors and calling them morphs, compared to something picked by deli cuppers as normal and everything else is not. Again, forgive my ignorance on deli cup morphs. Thanks again.

Oh and its a beautiful hog and looks healthy as heck. Good luck in the future and can't wait to see what occurs.

I really like green hogs.

Frank, I have the same opinion/questions as you regarding jags/bands. Many/most jaguar hognose snakes I have seen hardly look much different from normals, not enough to be very interesting anyway. Maybe there is yet unleashed potential in the slight pattern difference? Like a "super" form? I bet the breeders who have them are pursuing just that. Maybe they already have it? Gregg?...

There is a bit of variation in the Jags. Here is another example. As you can see, there is nothing really normal about this animal. Some of the are way more extreme than this. You also get green coloration in the Jags that are matched by no other green line.

outstanding, how about a good tiger, please

Here are a couple of tigers.

Wow, beautiful. The spots really have windows on that one, and there are areas nearly devoid of pigment. Never saw anything like that before. Thanks for showing us what jaguars can be like.