Checkered Garter Snake

[mustang]

then aint there hypo and granite?
ill post a pic of checker while hes neon lookn (hes always neon until a week or 2 before his blue phase through untill he sheds.) hes less elusive when hes about to shed

[ConcinusMan]

"hypo" is an over-used term. It's come to mean just about anything. Quite meaningless unless it's part of a word such as "hypomelanistic" or "hypoerythristic" When the "pastel" was first discovered and being bred, they were calling them "hypo" for a while but they aren't really "hypo" anything. They're just a normal pattern with a bright light colored background. In other words, they look pretty much like granite except that the checkered pattern is normal. Granite has the light background but also abnormal pattern. Scattered flecks instead of touching squares.

[Stefan-A]

"hypo" is an over-used term.

Not to mention that used just by itself, it doesn't mean a damn thing. It's not short for anything. Not hypoerythristic, not hypomelanistic, not hypobaric, not hypoglycemic. Nothing.

Source of annoyance #36154.

[ConcinusMan]

I hear ya, annoys me too. Every time I hear it, I'm like "hypo what?"