Is there a gene that causes speckling?

[Tila]

Just wanted to share a normal from my most recent clutch that I'm really liking and a hold back black pastel from last year that shares the same dad. Are there other genes besides granite that cause speckling? I've noticed Dandelion (the normal) has a subtle light brown horizontal line and then black spots underneath along the sides and then light tan scales on the back spots. Hope you enjoy like I do!

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[Lord Sorril]

Genes that can cause speckle patterning: Granite, Black Pastel, GHI, and Gravel/HGW (occasionally).

That said: To my eyes it looks like you have a nice normal with some spots and blushing.

[purpleroan]

Theres barely anything at all out there written on them, but I talked with a few people who work with the chocolate gene since thats what my girl has. It looks kind of normal a lot of the time but often seems to have a reduced line down the back with decent blushing like yours, and I know my girl has side speckles like you describe. Could be a possibility, I guess without seeing its clutch mates (to tell if its darker than them) it can be very hard to distinguish sometimes and is best solved through breeding. I'm not great at all with morphs yet but this is all just going off my own experience/asking around!

[Tila]

Thanks for the morph ideas. I agree that Dandelion and it's normal look just that, normal, but I often wonder about smaller genes that may express individually, independent of a larger "morph" package. Here's a picture of Sixtus, the other normal from that clutch for comparison. I over-exposed one pic so you can see the subtle back blushing. It's cool how both are normals but so different from each other. And I tacked on a pic of the only black pastel from the clutch because I love this version of black pastel the best.

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[Tila]

Helps if I in fact add the pictures, lol.

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[Ax01]

YB and Enchi's as well, tho in Enchi's it's mostly brighter tones and pixels in their speckling. i think that in the south, they call the speckling "dirty" Lol.

[dr del]

That black pastel is what we call "a wee stoater"

[Tila]

And what does that mean, by the way? I got the wee bit since my mum and fam are from Wales/England.

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[dr del]

An absolute small beauty of an individual ( I'm from Scotland - sometimes it leaks )