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Virtually the opposite of the Palmetto Corn Mutant shown as yesterDAY’s SOTD feature, this female not only demonstrates
fewer fragments of color, but some are clustered together, vs. the scattered, isolate, and random distribution of colors in most
Palmettos. Many have asked if I’ve been able to identify any resemblance to the order of classic corn snake pattern in Palmettos.
Presumably, their question is directed toward the puzzle, “will any form of the Stripe or Motley pattern be visible when in concert with
Palmetto?” Since we’re virtually certain the Palmetto is a variant of the Leucistic Mutation, and since Leucism generally trumps all traces
of other color or pattern in snakes (aka: Leucism masks whatever other colors and pattern are in the same genotype), I presume we cannot
trace any overlay of colors corresponding to the colors of pattern of other mutations or nominate forms. This cluster-patterned Palmetto exhibits the
variability we see in many mutations (presumably polygentic in nature); no two alike. Like a SOTD from a few DAYs ago, these eggs are not bright white but are
indeed fertile. I don’t know of any paper that analyzes the reason why some eggs are not white, but it is perhaps the result of the shortage of or abundance of some mineral?