• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Question about my opal

Williv

Williv

New member
My 2005 male opal has a checkered pattern on his belly that starts at the head and continues for the first third of his underside then stops. As far as I understood, this should continue to cover the entire underside of his body. Is this partial checkering common in the lavender or opal morphs? His saddle pattern does not indicate motley or stripe. I don't have any genetic info past the fact that he's an opal. (I purchased him at a reptile shop, not from a breeder) Using this snake, would it perhaps be possible to produce an animal that has a patternless underside outside of the morphs typically associated with that trait? I'll post pics as soon as i can figure out how to make them an acceptable size. (I keep getting the "the file is too large" message when i try to post them. Help with this would be great also!)
Thanks in advance,
Bill
 
Most of the hatchlings I just hatched from Creamsicle x Amel Motley have bellies that are half patternless. It is an indication that they're het Mot? I have no idea. They are definitly not Mots though.
 
It's also sometimes difficult to see the belly checks on the light colored morphs, such as snows, blizzards, some amels and butters, and opals. Also, some corns just have fewer checks either on all or part of their belly. Yes, there is the possiblity of perhaps some influence of one of the plain belly morphs (motley or bloodred). It hasn't been proven that being het motley can have an effect on the phenotype, but the bloodred (aka diffuse) gene has been shown to have some influence in some hets (although not all hets). Look to see if you can possible spot some small checks along the side of the belly on the lower 2/3 of your opal. Would definately be worth a test breeding in the future. Picking up an opal het bloodred at a reptile shop for the price of an opal would be a terrific find! I've got my fingers crossed for you!

As for posting pics...do you have any photo software, like PhotoShop, that you can use to re-size your pics? That's what most of us do.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top