Got Pink?

[Cornsnakesalive]

Look what I am starting to see from the Striped Champagne line. You could describe the Striped Champagnes as dripping in PINK. The Striped Amels het Anery from a Striped Champagne X Striped Amel could also be described as dripping in RED. I have seen quite a few Amel Bloods, and Striped Amel Bloods that eventually turn almost pure red, but none of them started out like this.

Could the Striped Champagnes answer be something as simple as a co-dominant red gene? I am not willing to try to prove this out, but it sure seems like something like this is occurring in the line. A sibling Striped Snow to my Striped Champagne male is about half as intense as his screaming pink brother. Something about him still seems to be different than your average pink Striped Snow. In his clutches, Dripping Red Striped Amels only occur about ½ as much as in his brothers clutches.

We can always attribute the color to selective breeding, after all I have always selected towards Red Amels since the beginning of time and the Striped Champagnes have been developed by “selective breeding“. What ever the case, if they are reproducible, it really don’t matter how we classify them. It wouldn’t be all that difficult to selectively breed for red color if a co-dominant red gene was in the mix and helping your odds out significantly.

I just saw a “Coral” Snow Motley at Hessel’s house that is so pink, it looks unnatural. Is it from the Strawberry Line? Some of the Snows from the Strawberry line are the pinkest Snows we have ever seen and I do not believe they have the Hypo gene in the mix at all, but are still called “Coral” Snows. There sure seems to be a correlation between very Red Lines and the Pink Corns that come from them.

[Corns.nl]

Originally Posted by Cornsnakesalive

I just saw a “Coral” Snow Motley at Hessel’s house that is so pink, it looks unnatural.

You mean something like this>

Arjan