Difference between black head and woma?

[AbsoluteApril]

From what I was told the Western localities are more likely to be black and white and the Eastern localities are the reddish phases.

Axanthic lines in the us are different than the axanthic lines in Europe and they do not mesh. There are many different morphs both line bred (yellowjacket), recessive (axanthic), co-dominant (tiger) available in the Us. There are a lot more than listed above.

I didn't know there were two lines of axanthic! The person I was talking to at a show (I have his card somewhere), he imported the UK axanthic line here, so I guess that just muddies the waters even more.

[enginee837]

From what I was told the Western localities are more likely to be black and white and the Eastern localities are the reddish phases.



I didn't know there were two lines of axanthic! The person I was talking to at a show (I have his card somewhere), he imported the UK axanthic line here, so I guess that just muddies the waters even more.

Yes the western bhp's tend to be smaller, their blacks are more black and their banding is more cream/white with great contrast. One downside to this locality is they are almost exclusively reptile eaters in the wild sons neos they are very difficult to get feeding. As far as "normals" go the westerns are the most sought after and hardest to come by you are looking in the 2k+ range for one with proven breeding. There is only one person in the US to my knowledge that breeds pure westerns and that is Derek Roddy. I have one of his pure Lazic western females and am anxiously waiting for him to produce more so I can get her a boyfriend. The other line I am working with (also from Derek) are his yellowjacket lines which are 75% Lazik 25% Goergen (may have misspelled that name).
As for the axanthics, the European line in my opinion are not as clean and tend to muddy up as adults however even with the cost of shipping and importing they are much cheaper than US line axanthics. This coupled with the fact that there may be unscrupulous people trying to buy one and sell it as another can create problems if you are wanting to create a breeding program. Fortunately the BHP community is a rather small one so simply sticking to the people that have a good name will prevent these issues.