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    Thamnophis inspectus Zephyr's Avatar
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    Re: Pale male

    I caught a snake like this earlier this year. They're very pretty snakes, an overall lighter coloration. Probably just some sort of gene that hinders melanin production. Theoretically, one could do a series of inbreeding to produce hypomelanistic individuals...

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    Re: Pale male

    That's what I hope to work on...
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    Re: Pale male

    Ah. :P
    You'd need a female like that, unless it's sex-linked.

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    Re: Pale male

    I have him in with a female and I'm hoping some of the offspring will be light. Keep the lightest offspring and breed them, and so on and so forth...we shall see.
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    Re: Pale male

    Ah. :P
    Just hope that the female is het for the lighter color.

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    Re: Pale male

    Yeah, me too! There is a chance that she is his mother...
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    Re: Pale male

    I don't mean to bring ya down at all, but I don't think that snake is a hypo! I mean he could be, but, chances are he's just a bit lighter than most. He just doesn't stand out as hypo to me, but he still is a very pretty snake. But anyways, just be sure that when you do get babies from HIS babies, start outcrossing so they don't become too inbred, it will weaken their genes and you could start to see problems
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    Re: Pale male

    I'm with Shannon Nicole on this one. normals are light like this in Ohio very often... in fact, the bigger snake in the pic is darker than most easterns in Ohio.

    Quote Originally Posted by count dewclaw View Post
    Caught this pair of Easterns. As you can see the male is pale compared to the female. Would this be considered hypomelanistic? I'm just learning about the different color variations...

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    Re: Pale male

    I'm not saying he's a hypo, but what I am saying is to have that light coloration there has to be some sort of gene that hinders (not stops) the snake's production of melanin.

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    Re: Pale male

    Here in Ohio, I have been referring to the light ones as "chocolates". But I don't know what genetics is at work.

    Quote Originally Posted by Zephyr View Post
    I'm not saying he's a hypo, but what I am saying is to have that light coloration there has to be some sort of gene that hinders (not stops) the snake's production of melanin.
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