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Striped Hypo

Striped Hypo (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Striped Hypo
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Mutation Compound (Stripe and Hypo)
Eye Color: Black pupil & body ground colored iris (some can be so hypomelanistic, their pupils can be gray to dark red).

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The Stripe mutation has its usual enhanced impact in this double recessive mutation compound, but since the primary role of the Hypo mutation is in the realm of melanin reduction (not unlike that of the Stripe mutation), the effect is amplified in this aggregate.  Striped Hypos are usually paler than either of their cousins, Hypo or Stripe. If not for the black pupils of the Striped Hypo in this image comparative, one would be tempted to say these two corns have virtually identical color. 

What to expect:
Hatchlings often look like their non Hypo cousin, Striped Corns.  Throughout maturity, the color and contrast in both pattern and ground zones diminishes to the point of most adult Striped Hypos being extremely faded in appearance.  They are essentially lightened versions of the wild type color, since they are modified by both the Stripe and Hypo mutations.  Striping can change in this morph, but always in reduction.  They never gain striping or any other pattern, but some pattern can fade to the point of almost being impossible to see in their adult form.

 

Important Note:
The advertising images on our web site are representations of the average adult example of each morph.  These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site).  We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form.  Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph.  We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.

Hypo Striped Lavender

Hypo Striped Lavender (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Hypo Striped Lavender
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Triple Compound Mutation
Eye Color:  Red pupil & body ground colored iris (see details below about some having Black pupils)


This triple recessive mutation is the product of Lavender, Hypo, and Stripe. Many hatch with partial striping, and some lose whatever little stripe they once had as neonates (especially males).  Eye pupils can be black or some shade of red/pink.

 

What to expect:
Most hatchlings are some shade of pale lavender or gray.  Most Striped Lavender-types have typically broken stripes beyond the dorsal half-way point, but some hatch with very little striping – which some lose throughout maturity.  Unlike the single recessive mutants Lavenders, most compound Lavender mutants have black pupils, but expect to see either red or black pupils. Most adult Striped Hypo Lavenders have an overall pink or coral overwash that does not appear to be the result of other mutations. Uncommon to most Striped mutants, when the mutations Lavender and Stripe are possessed by the same snake, it is more common for the striping to be of the vanishing variety (having little or no stripe present at birth – and without the usual partial markings beyond the stripe – OR having considerable striping, but losing it through maturity).  Ordinarily – in non-Lavender Striped mutants – the loss of – or vanishment of – striping is considered polygenic, but since there are more Striped Lavender-types that display one or both forms of the Vanishing “trait” than other color mutations, this pattern modifier may be the result of another mutation in these color mutants?

Important Note:
The advertising images on our web site are representations of the average adult example of each morph.  These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site).  We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form.  Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph.  We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.

Striped Lavender

Striped Lavender (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Striped Lavender
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Mutation Compound (Stripe and Lavender)
Eye Color:  Red pupil & body ground colored iris (see details below about some having Black pupils)

Other than looking like the expected striped version of the Lavender color mutation, Striped Lavenders have the most subdued colors of virtually all other Striped corns.  Add to that the reality that most Striped Lavenders lose much of their striping during maturity, and the result is often an almost pattern-less Lavender corn.

 

What to expect:
Hatchlings often have less striping than most striped mutants of other colors.  Those that do have considerable striping often lose much of it through maturity (especially in the males).  Some lose almost all their striping from hatchling to adult.  Colors pale dramatically through the aging process.  Most actually look like Striped Ghosts or some Striped Aneries. Most Striped Lavenders lose much of the striping they have as neonates. 

 

Important Note:
The advertising images on our web site are representations of the average adult example of each morph.  These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site).  We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form.  Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph.  We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.

Striped Amel Motley

Striped Amel Motley (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Striped Amel Motley
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive

Type: Mutation compound ( Amel + Striped Motley)

 

Combining the recessive gene mutations; Amel, and Striped Motley combine to render these beautiful Striped Motleys. Motley and Stripe are alleles of the same gene (Motley chromosomal locus) and it is widely believed that all Striped Motleys are heterozygous (abbr. het) for Stripe.  Motley is dominant to Stripe and it is true that most (if not all) Striped Motleys are actually het for stripe (ALL the Striped Motleys ever bred here at SMR were indeed het for Stripe), but I stop short of saying that all such phenotypes are actually het for Stripe.

A comparison photograph of a Striped Amel corn and a Striped Amel Motley corn are shown below, so you can see the main distinction between stripes.  In this image, you can see that the pattern schemes are essentially reversed.  The Striped corn on the left has relatively little pattern zones (striping) relative to overall color and pattern, compared to the striped motley on the right that has very little ground color zone.  The Striped Motley on the right essentially has a linear zone of ground coloration between contiguous dorso–lateral striped markings.  The width of ground color zone between the dorso-lateral pattern stripes is the basic way to distinguish between Striped corns and Striped Motley corns.  BTW, Stripe and Motley are alleles of the same Chromosomal locus, but Motley is demonstrated as dominant over Stripe.


What to expect:
Both male and females have the same general appearance as hatchlings and adults.  There is huge variety in the degree and/or quality of striping (from one or two connected markings forming a stripe TO nearly complete striping – and everything between). Some Striped Motleys have a dozen or more breaks in their dorsal striping, while some may have only two or three striped-type connected dorsal markings.  Belly is typically Motley, with very little color and no organized pattern (never checkering). 


Important Note:
The advertising images on our web site are representations of the average adult example of each morph.  These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site).  We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form.  Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph.  We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.