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Kevin M

Kevin M

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Earlier in the season I paired up my hypo lavender female with a snow het lavender male... fast forward 2 months... Pipping time!

Amels, Anerys, Lavenders, Opals, Hypo Lavs, Normals & Snows...

Needless to say I was a bit dumbfounded by the results... Now originally I had thought this girl was an amelanistic. She looked a bit lighter than the other amels and had a bit of a peach/orange overtone... I just thought by the time I got to her that she was in shed... Well it's been a while now and she is maintaining that peach look...

So, my question.... What is it? Hypo Opal? Anyone have any hatchling photos of hypo opals to compare?
 

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did you get any snakes that were pure hypo? also if you got snows then that would mean your hypo lav girl is het snow, but there is no ghost so nevermind... (all very confusing) but nice clutch! :D you got all the fun stuff!
 
Well, I'm still not quite sure what this girl is. But she shed the other day and I decided to take another photo. She's still keeping that peach coloration. I really need to get a photo of her in sunlight as the ones taken indoors seemed to be a tad bit dark... If only she'd stay still outside long enough.
 

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She looks a lot like my male Opal did when he was that size. Your female looks like she has a bit more color then he did though.
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There has been no evidence of hypo in this line.
 
Other than the pinkish overtone compared to the more peach color of mine, Your right, They certainly do look similar. I've seen my fair share of opal hatchlings but not enough to determine without a doubt that this just isn't a simple variation.

What I have noticed, and again this means nothing, is that with the opals I've produced they tend to be very pinkish and with each shed they lighten a bit while the yellow/orange becomes more apparent.

This girl on the other hand gets peachier (That's a word, right? heh) with every shed while, it seems, the yellow gets less pronounced. But that may just be a trick of the eye in contrast to the peach color. I really wish someone had a picture of a definite hypo opal to compare it to. (Mayday, Mayday, Rich, where are you?)

The only reason why I even mention the hypo is because with the genetic makeup of the parents it was a 1in16 chance of getting one. Not that I'd know if I had one if it were staring me in the face. There are quite a few different morphs that could've come from this pairing but all of them are either A> easy to determine or B> drowned out by other genes. IE: Snow compared to a snow lavender, or anerythristic to an anery lavender.

I guess I'll just have to grow her up and see how she turns out.
 
I couldn't resist. It's a beautiful day so I went out back and snapped a few fast photo's of her in the sun. She stayed still for approximately 5 seconds. Long enough for 1 good shot and 2 crummy shots. heh.
 

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Did you get any other Opals in the clutch, something to compare it to?

It very well could be hypo, Coral snows certainly show more color.
 
Yes I did. This clutch consisted of 1 Opal, 2 Amels, 1 Lavender, 2 Normals, 3 Anerys (or what look like anery's), 3 Snows (again, what look like snows given the genetic makeup of the parents), 1 Hypo Lavender and this odd "Hypo Opal Thingee" girl.

The Opal and the "Hypo Opal Thingee" were clearly different from the start. The opal looking typically pinkish with some orange/yellow. After shed, Much lighter.

If anything the "Hypo Opal Thingee" looked more like a very light drowned out amelanistic, Although clearly different from the other 2 amels in this clutch. I wrote it off and just the shed as most amels look washed out right before their first shed.

After everyone shed is when things started getting interesting. Everyone in the clutch are developing as you'd expect except this one girl. More and more peach! heh

FYI - The parents were a Hypo Lavender het. Snow female to a Snow het Hypo Lavender male. A 1in16 chance for 16 different morphs. (Though many of the results cant be identified from each other considering how anery and lavender seem to override each other under the right circumstances)

Hell, I might have a hypo snow lavender and I doubt I'd be able to tell the difference! hehe
 
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