Honduran Milk Snake Color Morph Guide
The purpose of this guide is to provide a basic understanding of the different Honduran Milk Snake Color Morphs in simple terms. Below you will find some commonly used terms with simple definitions, along with a number of pairings with pictures to help illustrate them. (Click on pictures to see a larger view)
Commonly Used Terms
Normal
refers to the normal appearance in the wild and
Hondurans have a Tangerine
or a Tricolor
appearance in the wild.
Aberrant
refers to an unusual pattern.
(A
line bred trait)
Albino
and Amel or Amelanistic are often used synonymously
and they refer to lack of black pigment.
Anery
or Anerythristic refers to a lack of red pigment.
Bicolor refers usually to
Tangerine Albinos that have one or two shades of red or orange with bright white
bands
or it may refer to a Tricolor Albino that is red & yellow.
Buckskin refers to the uncommon
color in this picture.
Hypo or Hypomelanistic refers to
a reduction in black pigment.
Extreme Hypo refers to a Hypo that has a great reduction in black pigment to the point that it appears to be silver to gray with red eyes.
Paradox Honduran? This Anery is showing the orange or normal colors, but this trait has not yet been proven to be genetic.
Ghost refers to a combination of
the Anery and Hypo traits being visible at the same time.
Hybino refers to a
combination of the Albino and Hypo traits being visible at the same time.
Snow refers to a combination of
the Albino and Anery traits being visible at the same time.
Extreme Ghost refers to a combination of the Extreme Hypo and Anery traits being visible at the same time.
Extreme Hybino refers to a combination of the Extreme Hypo and Albino traits being visible at the same time. (Unproven)
Pearl or Triple Homozygous refers to a combination of the Albino, Anery and Hypo traits being visible at the same time. (Unproven)
Pinner refers to bands that look
like they were drawn on.
Extreme Snow or Pearl refers to a combination of the Albino, Anery and Extreme Hypo traits being visible at the same time. (Unproven)
Double Het refers to a carrier
for two traits.
Triple Het
refers to a carrier for three traits.
Quad Het
or Extreme Triple Het refers to a carrier of Albino, Anery, Hypo and Extreme
Hypo.
Vanishing
Pattern refers to a reduction of or a lack of the outer bands .
Homozygous
refers to a trait being visible like an Albino.
Het
or Heterozygous refers to a wild or normal appearing type that carries a trait
or color.
Breeding expectations for a few basic combinations using the Albino trait
Homozygous
X Homozygous
= 100% Homozygous
Homozygous
X Het
= 50%
Homozygous
50% Het
Het
X Het
=25%
Homozygous
50% Het
25% Normal
Color Morph Combinations
Albino
X Normal
= Hets for Albino
Albino
X Albino
= Albino
Albino
X Anery
= Double Hets for Snow
Albino
X Hypo
= Double Hets for Hybino
Albino
X Extreme Hypo
= Possible Extreme Hybino Hets? (Unproven)
Anery
X Normal
= Hets for Anery
Anery
X Anery
= Anery
Anery
X Albino
= Double Hets for Snow
Anery
X Hypo
= Double Hets for Ghost
Anery
X Extreme Hypo
= Possible Extreme Ghost Hets
Hypo
X Normal
= Hets for Hypo
Hypo
X Hypo
= Hypo
Hypo
X Albino
= Double Hets for Hybino
Hypo
X Anery
= Double Hets for Ghost
Hypo
X Extreme Hypo
= Hypo's
and Extreme Hypo's
Extreme Hypo
X Normal
= Possible Hets for Extreme Hypo
Extreme Hypo
X Extreme Hypo
= Hypo's
and Extreme Hypo's
Extreme Hypo
X Albino
= Possible Hets for Extreme Hybino (Unproven)
Extreme Hypo
X Anery
= Possible Hets for Extreme Ghost
Extreme Hypo
X Hypo
= Hypo's
and Extreme Hypo's
Albino
X Ghost
= Triple Hets for ? (Unproven)
Anery
X Hybino
= Triple Hets for? (Unproven)
Hypo
X Snow
= Triple Hets for? (Unproven)
Extreme Hypo
X Snow
= Quad Hets or Extreme Triple Hets (Unproven)
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