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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Tue, Oct 30, 2012)
#103012
Hypo Bloodred
Female
d.o.h. 2010
37″ long on October 30, 2012
$165.00 shipped
This 2010 female Hypo Bloodred is from the SMR p/s Bloodred Line. Since she is progeny of two heterozygotes for the p/s mutation, it’s not obvious if she is a p/s Hypo Bloodred not showing white OR even a Het for p/s Bloodred.
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Hypo Bloodred (aka: Hypo Blood, Diffused Hypo)
Most Commonly Used Name: Hypo Bloodred
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Mutation Compound (Hypo + Bloodred)
Eye Color: Black pupil & body ground colored iris (some can be so hypomelanistic, their pupils can be gray to dark red).
This compound morph results from combining the color mutation, Hypo with the pattern mutation, Bloodred. As with most morph compounds that include Bloodred, the Hypo bloodred mutation‘s color effect is greatly diffused (markings often barely visible), but unlike the red eyes on the Fire Corn, the pupils of most Hypo Bloods are black. Occasionally, one will have reddish-black pupils, but unless red in the pupil is being seen under strong light, pupils are almost always black. Except for some of the color and pattern variants of this mutation compound, some Hypo Bloods have such diminished melanin that they are indistinguishable from Fire Corns (except for eye color).
What to expect:
Many Hypo Bloodred hatchlings look like little more than regular Bloodred Corns, but their overall coloration is more pale – in the dramatic reduction of melanin. Compared to the red of the Fire Corn, most Hypo Bloodreds are more orange. In time, we should be able to infuse more red via polygenetics and/or the red mask mutation. Adults should have a softer look than their classic Bloodred counterparts – due in part to the overall reduction of melanin.
