Colour phase Eastern Hognose Snake
breeder consensusnot a single gene
This species varies enormously in the wild — red, orange, grey, olive and near-black animals all occur, sometimes in one clutch. It follows the population and is not a gene anyone selects a ratio from.
How it is produced
- Where it comes from
- This is not a single gene. It is produced by choosing which animals to breed, over generations.
- What that means for breeding
- No offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
Colour phase is produced by selective breeding over generations, not by a single gene, so no offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
What this rests on
Established by breeders through repeated crosses and recorded in community documentation, not by published genetics. That is how almost all morph inheritance is known — and it is worth saying rather than presenting it as laboratory fact.