Okeetee Tesseras

[Lynnea]

This clutch just hatched out yesterday; I am excited to see how they develop! I got five Tesseras and six normals.

 

[Lynnea]

Here are siblings. I'll post more pics after they have shed.

 

[TalonaCat]

Interesting pattern on the middle on in the second group of photos. How's the belly look?

 

[Tara80]

That last Tessera has an unusually wide stripe. Very neat!

 

[Christen]

Ohh I can't wait till they shed.

 

[TalonaCat]

I dunno why, but every time I look at the one, I think of a baby cow. It's those spot looking saddles, and it makes me smile. haha

 

[Jessicat]

Oooh, I really like those first two normal siblings. Awesome clutch, it will be very cool to see how they progress.

 

[dionythicus]

Love the last Tessera! That wide stripe is killer!

 

[MysticExotics]

Beautiful babies! Congrats! That wide stripe Tessera is sweet looking!

 

[Lynnea]

Update!

These babies are amazingly bright! Updated photos since they've shed and fed.

 

[Hellstrom]

Good lord those are bright! They are only going to get more and more beautiful....should be fun to watch

 

[ecreipeoj]

These babies are amazingly bright! Updated photos since they've shed and fed.

I like them all of course, but the third one down appears to be a Redcoat (AKA, Red Factor), which have been catching my eye for many years. He will be much redder and darker as an adult than all of the rest, but with less contrast.

 

[Lynnea]

That's interesting, Joe. I thought the Redcoat gene was associated only with lava--? I'll be sure to keep this thread alive with updated pics for sure.

 

[ecreipeoj]

That's interesting, Joe. I thought the Redcoat gene was associated only with lava--? I'll be sure to keep this thread alive with updated pics for sure.

Actually, I have found Redcoat in Okeetee lines, like yours is from more than any other. Lavas came from wild Okeetee lines, so perhaps the connection, you were thinking about.

I have seen Redcoat on Sunkissed and Bloodreds as well, from lines mixed with Lava and other lines. Many Bloodred lines have the extra Redcoat top layering. I have several "Normal" Phase het for various morphs that are obvious Redcoats.

With your Tesseras for example, in the past, many of us got in the habit of saving back the lightest examples of a morph in our clutches. If you did this with your Tesseras, the Redcoat would not be held back, because it is darker.

There seems to be different intensities of Red. Perhaps we are seeing something like a co-dominant gene such as Diffused. Het Redcoat, we see a little red, and Homo Redcoat are the very red ones.

Here is my favorite Corn at the moment, a Redcoat Okeetee het Lava, compared to an Abbott's Het Lava. The Redcoat was produced from a Wild Line Lava X Hunt Club Okeetee, and the "Abbott's, from a Wild Line Lava X Abbott's Okeetee. The Redcoat Okeetee, "Mr. Incrediable", has a double dose of red color right on top, like a coating of red pigment, thus the name Redcoat.

 

[Lynnea]

Wow, they are amazing, but particularly Mr. Incredible of course~! Thanks for the education. I have a lava you bred, an '06, and a few others that seem to have more saturated red color, but I am not versed enough to know if they are Redcoats as well. How are you able to recognize the trait in hatchlings?

 

[Airidies]

Wow those hatchlings are AMAZING! I love how bright they are! Thanks for showing them off!

 

[ecreipeoj]

Wow, they are amazing, but particularly Mr. Incredible of course~! Thanks for the education. I have a lava you bred, an '06, and a few others that seem to have more saturated red color, but I am not versed enough to know if they are Redcoats as well. How are you able to recognize the trait in hatchlings?

Look specifically at the background color. On your Tesseras, most of them have a very light yellow background. The one that I think may be het or homo Redcoat, has an obvious red color added to that area.

The Lava you posted a photo of is also a Redcoat, which is why it's color is so saturated and shiney. If it wasn't a Redcoat, the background color would be more yellow, and it's overall appearance would be flat, and not very shiney.

The difficulty with recognizing Redcoat on some morphs, like your Lava, is when it is on top of a very ORANGE colored morph like your Lava, the extra color is not actually RED. Well, it is, but since it is transparent, the underlying color comes through. The result is a slightly redder, orange snake that is very saturated and bright.

Corns that are very yellow, become a yellow/orange bright shinny morph. Most "Sunglows" are Redcoats on a solid orange Corn. I have a lot of examples of Redcoats on other morphs on my old computer, but the motherboard died. When I get the photos transfered to my new computer, I can post some more examples of obvious Redcoats when compared to siblings. Sibling comparisons are perhaps the easiest way to see, or catch a Redcoat hatchling, like your sibling Tesseras.

 

[ecreipeoj]

The markers for Redcoat are more red in the background color, darker blotched area, and then the final marker, look at your Tesseras belly. Tesseras will normally have white or cream colored bellies. Redcoats lower half of the belly pattern will be mostly brown, on normal or Okeetee phases. The color raps around onto the belly.

Take a look a the belly pattern of the one I think is a Redcoat and compare it to one with a yellow background, and see if the last marker is there.

 

[pridecity]

Those are going to be pretty when they grow up. If they disappear, it wasn't me. Lol

 

[jsschrei]

They are awesome!