Cinnamon Yellowbelly Paint

[ClarkT]

I've hatched some paint yellowbelly babies from a paint yellowbelly x chocolate pairing.

I'm still not sure--even after 7 months -- that I've identified them correctly. I think I have paint YB chocolates, Paint YBs, and a paint or two... It has proven difficult to determine whether the paint gene is present on each yellowbelly, as yellowbellies can have such a variation in their looks. And some of what the paint does to yellowbellies is found in regular yellowbellies...

That being said, calling out a paint cinnamon yellowbelly seems almost impossible. Looking at Cinna Bellies online, there are a lot of similarities in what you're labeling as cinnamon YB paints, and cinna bellies. Tough call. For mine, I've almost just determined that they'll have to be bred out to determine anything. Through breeding them, maybe I'll gain the necessary experience to see what it is I need to look for.

For your "paint" breeder females, I wonder if they're really paints for not having one super in 11 eggs. Not that it's unheard of at all... We had multiple clutches from a pastel mojave pinstripe (jigsaw blast). He NEVER threw the pinstripe gene. I don't remember how many clutches, but it was around 5 or 6 clutches, and never had one single pinstripe. Jigsaws are quite obvious, so it was quite obvious he carried the pin gene...

I thought I had learned somewhat, too, that the paint gene brightens/lightens the look of some morphs, and/or that they brighten the look of a normal.

As for your clutch, I kind of think your lighter/brighter cinnamons might be the cinny paints, not the darker ones. Seriously, just a tough call. Wish I could be of more help on it. Congrats on great clutches, and good job on taking good pics of them all.