Odd mojave?

[Knowell]

So a few months ago I purchased an adult mojave from a local pet store. Long story short the guy that sold her to the pet store also had a big c serpents incubator for sale so the store owner hooked me up with him. When I spoke with the original owner he told me he bred a clown to her to make hets and a clown came out! Pleasant surprise for me. But I asked why she looked so different then the majority of mojaves I've seen. He said he's not 100% but he thinks she has harlequin in her due to the dorsal stripe. Looking for your opinions and expertise please. Thanks!

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[Godzilla78]

She’s cool! Sometimes a single heterozygous gene can cause visible distinctions, though subtle. It could be that the clown gene is subtly displaying itself with the striping.
For example my het orange ghost has a slightly light orange hue compared to normals. Sometimes the heterozygous piebald gene causes peach colored tint near the belly and strong black markings along the belly.

[alittleFREE]

She’s cool! Sometimes a single heterozygous gene can cause visible distinctions, though subtle. It could be that the clown gene is subtly displaying itself with the striping.
For example my het orange ghost has a slightly light orange hue compared to normals. Sometimes the heterozygous piebald gene causes peach colored tint near the belly and strong black markings along the belly.

My het albino is way brighter/cleaner than I would expect her visual morph to be (Cinnamon x Spider).

[Knowell]

She’s cool! Sometimes a single heterozygous gene can cause visible distinctions, though subtle. It could be that the clown gene is subtly displaying itself with the striping.
For example my het orange ghost has a slightly light orange hue compared to normals. Sometimes the heterozygous piebald gene causes peach colored tint near the belly and strong black markings along the belly.

I guess that does make some sense. I can't wait to put her to my enchi clown next year! Eventually I'd like a ghi Mohave clown! Anyway thanks for the reaponse.

ALittleFree show me some piccccs!

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[Crowfingers]

I can't speak on genetics, but my male cinnamon mojo has a near-complete dorsal strip. And has a very similar color

[Knowell]

I can't speak on genetics, but my male cinnamon mojo has a near-complete dorsal strip. And has a very similar color

Very interesting...could you possibly share some pics?

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[Hannahshissyfix]

That's a nice looking big girl! I'd just say if anything, the het might be affecting her a little but I really dont see anything besides the normal variances in striping with the morph.

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[Knowell]

That's a nice looking big girl! I'd just say if anything, the het might be affecting her a little but I really dont see anything besides the normal variances in striping with the morph.

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Yea, the more I think about it seems like the most logical anwser. Hopefully she makes me a beautiful BEL this year I'm putting her to a nuclear. Thank you all for your responses!

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[Ronniex2]

Coincidence we both came up on some pretty interesting Mojave females Knowell, LMFAO! .. well they look similar your girl looks WAY bigger than my girl smfh

I’m guessing this dorsal strip they have is just from that years clutches of Mojave’s lol .. (sarcasm)... when I saw her I thought ooo wow ... you must know Andy too lmfao!!
Nice looking girl tho, hopefully you get ya BEL, will you post a pic of ya male ? This is my female I jus picked up



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[Ax01]

wow that is a BIG girl!!

my 2nd snake ever was a Mojave boy with very good dorsal. it's a broken stripe, but it's nice and clean. he's around 1100 or 1200grams right now but i only have baby pix on hand:



i'm not a fan of saying an animals has another gene (like Harlequin) unless that was in the snakes' pairing and genetics. it's a nice descriptor but it's still a poss. until it's prove it out. she is really pretty tho and i'm glad she is het Clown.