RED COAT and RED FACTOR - show them off!!!

[Zimmer]

I am very interested in these genes, and the identifying markers for them. We know RF is (co/incomplete)dominant with a super form. RF is said to affect only the ground color by enhancing/increasing red pigment. Also less certain but what I've seen and been told is that RF is not visible at hatch but develops with time. Also not certain about vental coloring on an RF.

On the other hand we have RC which is recessive, and seems to add a "layer" of red, if you will, to the entire snake, ventral included. It is clearly visible at hatch.

I feel like there is just not enough info out there on these genes, and what they can do, and how to ID them. I know they are both frequently confused and mislabeled. And the whole coral/salmon thing doesn't help. Lots of people are quick to say "maybe its red factor/coat" when a snake is just an extra red specimen... In fact they are so often called so many different things that I am not certain where I would even go to purchase an RC or an RF because how do I know thats even what it really is?

So what I'm asking is this: Can we see your ***PROVEN*** RED FACTORS and RED COATS?? Please?! At all ages, from all angles, and if possible state the breeding or lineage when known??

I would love to also hear any input, info, or history anyone might have on these genes??

 

[MysticExotics]

I picked this first male up (Red Factor het Fire Tessera) from John F. as a baby. He has since produced a clutch for me, and I held back one of his offspring, a Sunglow (Red Factor Amel, het Anery ph BR), and am hoping for babies out of him this year.

The first pic is of Cinaed, as a baby, then next as an adult.
The last two pics are of Sol, his son, as a baby, then as an adult.

Red Factor is visible at hatch, some more than others, and develops more intensity as time goes on.

Check out THIS thread, of my RF Tessera het Fire X Coral Snow clutch. You can see the difference in the babies that are RF.

 

[Dragonling]

The red gets brightened a touch by my cell phone camera, but here's my super RF fire lately.

As a month old hatchling, he was more red than other amels.

Oddly he doesn't seem to have the red wash I often see in other red factors. His belly is white with bright red speckles all the way to his vent.

I snapped a couple quick shots of my new RF girl, Sierra. At least that's what she was sold to me as, presumably from a bloodred pairing at some point. Weirdo wouldn't hold still.

She does have a heavy suffusion of red down the last 2/3 of her belly.

 

[steve roylance]

Red Coat Reverse Okeetee