ok, the other thread has become to congested for anyone just now joining to follow. in reading the last post before my reply, i think the i think the supposition was this. a hypo animal (hypo meaning a reduction in dark pigments) and a pastel animal (pastel meaning "lite colored" can look the same, but the distinguishing factor is recessive verses co-dominate genes. in layman's terms a hypo and pastel snake can look the same, but a hypo will need to breed to another animal with hypo genes to reproduce the lighter colors as where a pastel could breed with a normal animal and still produce off spring that show the lighter coloration. did i understand that correctly? if so, i certainly do not disagree with the notion, however, i do feel that is not an industry accepted definition. perhaps it should be. i am interested to hear from other breeders as to proven results breeding what is classically deemed hypo and classically deemed pastel.

my own thoughts, based on my experience, if one breeds a lighter colored animal (be it hypo or pastel) to a normal colored animal then the off spring will be lighter then the normal, perhaps not as light as the hypo/pastel.
Chuck Hurd Serpentology

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• Hypo verses pastel morphs - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 18:15:44 2008
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• i was not elected to the council!!!! - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 19:29:33 2008
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• RE: Hypo verses pastel morphs - lep1pic1, Tue Nov 18 17:03:08 2008
• RE: Hypo verses pastel morphs - chuckhurd, Tue Nov 18 20:06:40 2008
• RE: Hypo verses pastel morphs - lep1pic1, Tue Nov 18 20:30:15 2008
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