So, the hatchling that I first posted on this thread actually turned out to be a regular albino motley het for cinder. That became apparent once the siblings hatched and everybody shed. The good news is that I did produce peppermint motleys...... FIVE of them! All males. As it turns out, their father is probably actually a peppermint motley himself (the first one ever hatched), and we just didn't realize it with his aberrant pattern until all of his kids came out looking like motleys and we realized that he never actually developed the pale green belly checkers and highlights that should have shown up by adulthood on a regular patterned peppermint. I'm just waiting for his clutch with another female that doesn't carry the cinder gene to hatch and show all motley babies in order to be completely sure of his homo motley status. Here are pictures of what the peppermint motley babies look like currently and one of their father. I expect the babies to get pinker with maturity, as their father did. Anyway, I'm very pleased with the clutch and that five out of seven babies turned out to be peppermints...... and probably motley peppermints!

PEPPERMINT MOTLEY HATCHLING (one of five hatchling males)


ADULT PEPPERMINT (PROBABLY) MOTLEY