>>in hatchlings they have a lack of belly pigment, little lateral patterning, unmarked heads





Cool pictures and info Lindsay....



I always thought the term Hypomelanism was incorrect when describing these Floridana....

The black they do have IS black....The pattern is just reduced not the pigment....Much like an Applegate Special Pyro or those Corns with no black pattern that are also wrongly called hypo...
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John Lassiter

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• Reduced pattern Florida kings? - markg, Thu Apr 15 12:15:52 2010
• RE: Reduced pattern Florida kings? - foxturtle, Thu Apr 15 14:25:46 2010
• RE: Reduced pattern Florida kings? - Jlassiter, Thu Apr 15 14:32:49 2010
• Hypo and hypo-er - Lindsay, Thu Apr 15 21:12:19 2010
• RE: Hypo and hypo-er - Lindsay, Fri Apr 16 09:01:53 2010
• RE: Hypo and hypo-er - Jlassiter, Fri Apr 16 09:07:06 2010
• Well you answered that one! - markg, Fri Apr 16 12:18:22 2010
• RE: Hypo and hypo-er - DMong, Fri Apr 16 17:26:49 2010
• RE: Hypo and hypo-er - a153fish, Sat Apr 17 12:54:19 2010
• RE: Reduced pattern Florida kings? - Jeff Schofield, Fri Apr 16 18:18:20 2010
• RE: Reduced pattern Florida kings? - a153fish, Sat Apr 17 12:56:42 2010