Chocolates & Sables

[AnthonyCaponetto]

It's proven to be some type of dominant and several have commented that it looks like chocolate but I don't know where my founding female originated. I picked her up as a young adult at Reptile Haven in 2001 but Daniel Garcia was the first to get her to breed on a loan in 2007 (the daughter in the pic with the founding female was a nice one from that clutch but about half looked like mom). Here is a pic of that 2007 girl older:



Marshall Van Thorre bred the founder on a loan to a lesser and a mojave producing the Mojave Garcia in 2008. I finally took a turn for 2009 and did a terrible job (poor heating in the biggest cages at the top of my new snake room I think); most eggs went bad and all three hatchlings had open bellies. The nicest one of course didn't make it:



The other two I thought where normal girls with a little stress induced prettiness but now I'm not so sure. Looks like I decided too soon and wrong selling that male to SUPERBALLS and now might have to buy one back from him if Marshall doesn't produce me a male Garcia with this year's loan. Marshall has a Garcia son from 2008 and is trying for the super with the founding female right now. The 07 girl has even been locked up for me with her 08 half brother that I think is just a Mojave but lately I've been wondering what a chocolate lesser would look like. Not sure that 07 is fat enough to go as she is small compared to her mom (the 2008 clutch was 14).

So, to answer your question, I would not consider them proven to be chocolates but hopefully we’ll see a super this year and have a better idea.

That snake in the top pic almost looks more like a black pastel/cinny/red axanthic complex type snake. The reddish tones in the black and the faded looking head just don't scream sable or chocolate to me. Honestly, I think you may have something a little cooler than sables or chocolates. I guess we'll have to wait and see what the super looks like, but you may have something pretty neat.