Anery Blizzard?

[jessmarie]

We're trying to figure something out here and would like some "expert" opinions.
We bred a "blizzard" male to an amel female. We were expecting all amels, but knew there was an off chance that we might get something random (background genetics were unknown). We ended up with about 50% amels and 50% snows (so far...there's still 5 or 6 more still to hatch). Obviously both parents had to have anery for that to happen. So, the female must be amel het anery and the male is either blizzard het anery or is homo anery and blizzard. The percentages of the babies make us wonder if the male is in fact an anery blizzard (not sure there's a name for that)...I know there's Powder and Quartz, but both of those have a 4th gene as well.
We're trying to find someone that can positively id our male from the picture or at least give us a better inclination as to whether there is a way to tell (without breeding him again) if he's homo or het anery.
Thanks ahead of time!

 

[turkeytim]

Breed him again only way to be sure

 

[Shiari]

Breeding him to something homozygous for anery is the only way to tell for sure.

 

[jessmarie]

Right, we intend to. We're just looking for input based on his looks and his offspring.

 

[cturley]

I've really only seen hatchling anery-blizzards (never followed one all the way to maturity), but the main difference at hatch is that anery-blizzards usually have more pattern than non-anery blizzards. They don't show as much contrast as snows, but their pattern is still pretty obvious.

Given 1) the degree of yellow your male shows on his neck and ventral pattern, and 2) the fact that you got 50% snows instead of the 25% you should get if both parents were anery hets, I'd say there's a good chance he's a homo-anery blizzard.

Still, given the variability of pattern and carotenoid retention among normal blizzards, and the fact that counting morph percentages in small clutches is a chancy method at best . . . the others are right. Breeding trials are best.