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what is going to give me the most colors?

screamindemon17

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I have a few new males that are ready to breed next year. and I was trying to figure out on the corn calculater what I would get but not grasping it. I have a pewter , lav ghost , amel het motley diffused , a anery het motley diffused , a butter het motley ,a coral , and a hypo. females I have are, Blizzard unknown het , butter het motley , snow het motley and a amel het lavender. what other females should I be looking for to produce strawberries , lavenders and or lavas. thanks for any and all advice
 
Corn snake genetics are pretty simple for the most part. Almost always, these are the rules you need to know:

If you breed two snakes with the same trait, that trait will show through with their babies. So two amels would have amel babies.

If one shows the trait (is homozygous) and one doesn't but carries the trait (is heterozygous), then 50% of the babies will keep the trait and the other 50% will bet het for it.

If both parents are het for a common trait, 25% will show the trait, 50% will carry but not show and 25% will not carry it at all.

If you're not looking for new snakes to breed these with, you (usually) want to try to pair them up so they have the most traits in common. So you need to ignore the trade names and look at their traits. For example:

Pewter = Charcoal + Diffused
Blizzard = Amel + Charcoal

These two only have one trait in common. Breeding them together will give Charcoals, het for amel and diffused. Or on corn calc:

Male: Pewter ( Charcoal, Diffused )
Female: Blizzard ( Amel, Charcoal )

Phenotype: 100.0% Charcoal het Amel, Diffused
Genotype: 100.0% Charcoal het Amel, Diffused

You can do this for several combinations and see what you are expected to get. These are only probabilities though, it won't be exact.

So you might start with your list in an easier to read format, then add in their traits to eyeball what good matches will be. Then you can confirm on corncalc.

pewter
lav ghost
amel het motley diffused
anery het motley diffused
butter het motley
coral
hypo

blizzard
butter het motley
snow het motley
amel het lavender
 
"Color" in snakes is due to the amount of pigment which typically varies with age. With the colors (morphs) that you are wanting to produce you might want to do a little more research on genetic backgrounds before making breeding plans because with the collection that you mention above I do not see any way of producing strawberries or lavas unless your snakes possibly contain those hets. There are several breeders on here who deal with the lava and strawberry genes and breed for the beautiful bright red colorations associated with those genes. Here is a great website that explains the genetics behind the various color morphs. The corn snake morph guide and genetics for herpers are good resources to have in your library and are both available for download from this website as well.

http://www.serpwidgets.com/main/morphs
 
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