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Hypo Outcross Bloodred Phenotype?

Drdan

Drdan

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Would someone kindly explain what a hypo bloodred outcross is? Is it just a hypo bloodred, or is it something else. The ad was on an Italian reptile website. Here is the photo of the hatchling...

Thanks!

hypo20outcross.jpg
 
Maybe I can answer this...as I think the practice of outcrossing is the same across species... But I know that outcross breeding in dogs is when you take a male and a female of the same breed, but that have no known relatives. It essentially means bringing in new blood. Whether that is the same concept for snake breeding, I can't be 100% positive.
 
I'm not sure, that snake doesnt look very bloodred/diffused to me. I can't tell for sure if it's hypo or not. I'd email the seller and ask what the parents genetics are, and what they mean by outcrossed.
 
I think, not unlike a lot of ads on sites like KS, the poster is unclear on the proper nomenclature. From the picture I would guess that this is a hypo normal that resulted from a hypo Blood bred to some other hypo non-blood animal. One needs to be careful when reading sale ads. People ignorant of the genetics or unscrupulous will label things incorrectly. One of my favorites is Ball Python sellers that label an animal "Het Pastel". For those of us that don't follow ball genetics that might sound plausible. But in reality it is impossible since "pastel" is a co-dominant gene; you either express it or you don't.

Terri
 
Thanks everyone... I was thinking that it was a result of a hypo bloodred either "outcrossed" with a normal bloodred or even a normal cornsnake.
 
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