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  • 06-02-2004, 01:38 PM
    BigKenjDogg
    #1: When people talk about a ball python in relation to the word "Het," what does that mean?

    #2: Can someone explain the difference between captive bred and captive hatched/farm? I think it means, they went out and got the eggs from the wild (?) How does this affect the snakes demeanor? Does it?
  • 06-02-2004, 02:05 PM
    Kane
    Thinking about getting a Savannah Monitor
    * Het stands for heterozygous. Means that a snake carries a gene for the particular trait but looks normal. Here's a pretty good explanation of morph terminology in this care sheet: http://www.reptilerooms.com/Sections...59-page-1.html

    * Captive hatched... occurs when wild females are captured, they are put into big tubs & the babies are taken when they are hatched. They didn't become gravid in captivity or they would be called CB (captive bred.)
  • 06-03-2004, 04:23 PM
    JLC
    When a pair of genes is required to produce a certain trait (such as pied), and only one gene is present, the snake is "het" for that trait. It CAN be something other than "normal" looking though. A pastel bp is "het for super-pastel"...but since we can look at the snake and SEE that it's a pastel, we don't usually call it a het.

    When a snake is referred to as a "possible het" that means at least one parent or grandparent in its lineage carried the gene being referred to, but there is no way to tell if the normal-looking snake inherited that gene or not.
  • 06-03-2004, 05:06 PM
    hhw
    The best overall explanation I've seen so far of genetics is from NERD (New England Reptile Distributors)
    You can find it under "Intro to Herp Genetics" here http://www.newenglandreptile.com/care.html
    or directly jump to it here http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_intro.html
  • 06-03-2004, 06:36 PM
    Kane
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