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Possible motley tessera?

fyrefocks

fyrefocks

Nate lover
Gelshark loaned me his tessera for this season and I bred him to his sister, my own tessera. They are both het caramel and motley. The clutch was only 6 eggs, so I got a small sample to work with, unfortunately.

1 classically colored motley
2 classics, both in pattern and color
2 tesseras
1 motley? tessera

I didn't include pics of the classics, just the 3 tesseras. The reason I suspect the third to be homo motley is because of his faded and minimally patterned laterals, which appear more "motley" than "classic" and there is no belly pattern at all. The difference between the first two and the third is just insane.

I know no one has produced a motley tess that can confirm it, so I guess I'm just looking for opinions.

Thanks!
 

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Jessica29 said:
Could it just be a perfect motley pinstripe maybe?
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It's obviously the hugest possibility right now, and I'm not ruling it out. However, the odds say it "should" be a tessera. Although the odds should have given me at least one more tessera, so the odds aren't my favorite person in the world right now.

I will say this though, that stripe doesn't break again after that spot on the neck. Usually a motley's pinstripe, no matter how perfect, will break just above the vent. This one's stripe just keeps going. Also, it's the polar opposite of the other motley on the clutch. Variation, I know...
 
Actually yes, many people do have motley tesseras. It's just trying to figure out what, of their clutches is actually motley tessera.
I think I have one and, as Josh stated, it looks like a motley with a perfect bordered motley pattern.
I know Don Soderberg has a bunch and would probably give you his .02 if you called him. I know he's been trying to figure it out too, at least last time I talked to him.
 
Tara80 said:
Actually yes, many people do have motley tesseras. It's just trying to figure out what, of their clutches is actually motley tessera.
I think I have one and, as Josh stated, it looks like a motley with a perfect bordered motley pattern.
I know Don Soderberg has a bunch and would probably give you his .02 if you called him. I know he's been trying to figure it out too, at least last time I talked to him.
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I'm speaking with Don now via email, actually. He thinks that the snake in question IS a tessera. He said it doesn't look motley to him, but definitely tessera. He also said it looks like the one homozygot that Rich Hume?, or whoever, now has.

All I know for sure is that it's a tessera. Time will tell the rest, I guess. But I still like hearing the input from others.
 
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