How many Specters do you see?

I did hit on a spider axanthic that I'll have pics posted soon of :) It's a girl and sadly out of 18 eggs I only hit on one spider axanthic (breeding spider het to axanthic) so while the odds weren't with me atleast I got one! :)

I'm hoping my spider het x pastel het clutches make up for those odds ;)

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Sloanreptiles

I see 5 for sure. How did your other clutches go? Any Spider Axanthics?

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I believe ballpark is ~$1500.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by RhacHead

On a side note anyone have a ball park on what specters are valued at?

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I say 4.

I'm guessing 5 congrats

I say 5, the lighter ones :confused:

How can you pick out the sire from a reduced normal?

Carefully? ;)

I think it's comparable to yellowbellies in a way. Some snakes have a kind of "yellowbelly" look but aren't genetic yellowbellies. Similarly there are things that "look" like specters but aren't genetically the same.

But if you hatch out some bred from a proven YB or specter line it definitely helps to pick them out from each other. I think as more specters hit the market they will be more like the yellowbellies (or any other subtle gene) where the more there are and the more people see the more "trained" everyone's eyes will be to spot the differences.

For fun I've had family members and friends, who know nothing about morphs, look at the clutch and told them to sort them into two piles of which ones look the same, so far every time they have sorted them correctly.

Hope that helps?? :)

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

How can you pick out the sire from a reduced normal?

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I see 5.. The two on the middle left & right look like the normals? :)

are specters and genetic stripes 2 different morphs?

Yep :)

Specters are a codom/dom gene that when crossed with a yellowbelly create the Superstripe.

Genetic Stripes are a recessive gene.

Hope that helps!

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Originally Posted by BGdyl

are specters and genetic stripes 2 different morphs?

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Okay, please help me here. The Hubby deals with the genetics of our reptiles while I deal with the genetics of our fuzzy critters. What, exactly makes a Specter? Or rather, what should we be looking for visually? I ask because we own a supposedly het albino male that looks very similar to your male Specter, but a bit lighter in color. I am very curious and fascinated with the variety in morphs the BPs offer.