taking into proper context the whole quote your refering to was
and it refers to the fact that if striping was casued by incubation temperatures then I would assume that there would be more striped jungles in that one clutch the striped one came from and also striped jungles in other clutches in the same incubator which there wasnt.. What Im saying here is in my case its NOT incubator related at all.
I've been into reptiles for approx 20 years and been breeding for a few too [/quote
Hi Colin,
Thanks for your reply, I'm not asking how long you have been doing reptiles, just how many years of breeding morelia(or jungles) to come up with the conclusion on striping just plain curiousity, nothing more in that question and not for once that i'm questioning on how long you have been doing reptiles.
Apology if my question was misinterpreted.
Leigh
Great striped jungle Brent.
Heres one I bred myself last season.
yes I've heard of that myself Jason and in some cases in may well be the reason... but personally I think striping is genetic. If it was an incubation flaw then I would expect the whole clutch or most of the clutch to have striping? And when you have multiple clutches cooking in an incubator I would also assume that if its caused by incubation temps.. that there would be striped hatchies in most clutches which in my experience has not been the case.
Is that the one your giving / selling me Colin........:lol::lol:
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all striped animals are caused from incubation temps, but I'm thinking along the lines of incubation temps can change the genetics to a degree to create the striping, creating different patterns / shades within the genetic ability of the particular species of snake. I have recently seen striped diamonds produced from two normal coloured southern Sydney locale parents, and BHP's from the same clutch come out light and dark, the light ones were incubated from the top of the incubator hatched early, the grubby dark ones at the bottom, hatched a week later. It would not suprise me one bit if hatchlings from two striped animals came out with stripes, even if it was incubation temps that caused the striping in the parents in the first place, at the same time it wouldn't suprise me if they threw back normal one as well.
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