Monday, February 12, 2007

 

A Double Generation Gap of Blonde Trans-Pecos Ratsnakes


Here's a comparison of grandfather (top) and grandsnakelings (bottom two). The grandsire is a famous "lemon phase" blonde found by Michael Price in 1992 near Pepper's Hill in Brewster County, TX.
Mike Murphy hatched these animals, both male, in 2006.






# posted by Dusty Rhoads @ 3:14 PM
Comments:
Gorgeous snakes, I particularly like the middle picture.

Are the grandchildren cleaner looking because of age, the effect of selective breeding, or some other factor?

I'd love to see the grandsires color in a cleaner pattern blonde. Would look sorta like lemons on lemon lol.

Anyways thanks for the pic's and background.

Sean
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:52:00 PM
 
Hey Sean,

Who knows...there is so much variability and other factors that go into breeding. Mike Price has some pure locality PHs that are very lemony.

I kept three females from that "batch" that were golden-orangish or honey colored. That should benefit various breeding plans.
# posted by Blogger Dusty Rhoads : Sunday, March 04, 2007 11:33:00 PM
 
Wow, those look nice! Now I wish I would have kept them! Just kidding.Nice photos.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : Monday, March 05, 2007 4:03:00 PM
 
Hey Mike,

I actually sent those to Dr. Jacobson back in your neighborhood of FL. I'll have to take photos of the three girls that I kept. Thanks!

Dusty
# posted by Blogger Dusty Rhoads : Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:14:00 PM
 
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