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Can anyone verify this het clown marker?

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I guess this may only pertain to pastel het clowns, but I figured I would check on normal hets too. I do not own a normal het to compare to.

Ok here's the story. I purchased my pastel het clown from a reputable source, so that's not what I am questioning and it is a pastel het clown. I was watching YouTube a while back and I came across this guy that supposedly does pastel clown stuff. He said that all of his pastel het clowns (may have said normal hets too) have this marker that is found between the cloaca and the tip of its tale. It's an almost complete black line between the two. This was a month or two ago and I wrote it off as not likely. A couple weeks ago, I had her out and I figured I would check, and sure enough, she had an almost complete line. I checked my other pastels (non-het) and other snakes and did not see this trait. Well, I had her out again today and figured I'd ask and see if anyone else noticed this.

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That's interesting, I have a bunch of het clowns so I'm gonna take a look when I get home. I'll let you know what I see.
 
Ok, I'll play.
First pic, normal het clown.
2nd pic, Pastel het clown.
3rd pic, Bee het clown. Sorry about the reflection but you can still see.
4th pic, Pewterbee het clown.
Not pictured, Spiders het clown that didn't have any such line.
 

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Interesting theory. I ran up and checked my het clown stuff. None of the normal hets had the marker. My pastel het clown does. My super pastel het clown does. My pastel lesser het hypo het clown has a smudgy line starting at about the halfway point between vent and tail tip.
 
Good deal, thanks everyone! It looks like the pastel might be doing something. Does anyone have normal pastels to compare too? I only have one single gene pastel and she does not have this line. My non-het pastel combos don't have it either.
 
I've got a couple super females. Lemme go check.

ETA - Huh. Both super pastels had the line, along with two more pastel lessers. All four came from someone who has never had the clown gene in their collection. :shrug01: I grabbed a few other animals to check, just for randomness, and none of them had the line - granite mystic, quake, enchi, and an evil little fire. :rofl: No lines.

So maybe it is the pastel gene? :shrug01:

No time this evening, but I can get pictures tomorrow if you like, to compare to.
 
I think its just the pastel. I just checked all my pastel stuff.
4.0 bumblebee poss het clown
2.3 pastel poss het clowns
1.0 pastel 100% het clown

4.6 pastel poss het lavender albino
0.2 yearling pastels
1.3 adult regular pastels
1.0 adult super pastel

And every single one of them has it to some degree. Some are a full line some are dotted but they all have it at least mine do.

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I checked my Pastel stuff ,
0.1 Pastel TSK Axanthic
0.1 Pastel Butter
0.2 Pastel
0.4 Pastel 66% het Clown
1.0 Pastel 100% het Clown
My Pastel Axanthic doesn't show the stripe at all.
All the rest show it some what , strongest on two of my 66% het clown females , and my pastel butter !!! :rofl: I may have to change my breeding plans for her....
 
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