Hyperxanthic
Type: Recessive
First Produced By: Zenny Felician
Issues: N/A
First Produced In: Unknown
Availability: Rarest
Last Updated: 2022-01-07
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About
HyperXanthic is a recessive mutation.
History
The HyperXanthic gene is a gene that has been floating around hidden in some lines of Sulfurs which originally were found in Tampa, Florida. Since most Sulfurs were immediately bred to Lavenders, it’s been hidden, so to speak, until Zenny Felician decided to test it on another hunch that it may be a specific genetic mutation responsible for the outrageous yellow color.
One particularly extreme yellow Sulfur from Brandon Osborne was on breeder loan at Zenny’s place, when he decided to test breed the snake to a Hypo, and a Lavender female. His final results led him to believe this was indeed a recessive trait responsible for the exaggerated yellow color which he coined Hyper-Xanthic. [1]
Appearance
Body
One interesting component of this gene is that some individual animals may be born darker, and reach their full potential after 3 years, particularly hets, so predicting what they will end up like can be tricky. Still most will have enough yellow in them to hint at what lies in store. Some babies are born outrageously yellow almost from the egg. [2]
Controversy
HX gene might be the superform of the Sufur gene. When you breed a pure Sulfur (which are nearly extinct) to any non Sulfur you get what old timers used to call, snakes with Sulfur influence. Further line breeding of said snakes either to each other or to a parent would result in snakes displaying varied amounts of Sulfur yellow color. Some would stand out above the rest, and be the most desirable for people wanting to continue working with Sulfurs. [3]
Proven Lines
No known proven lines
Related Traits
No known related traits
