Subspecies and colour Shingle-Back
Ground colour from near-black through brown to orange and cream, and how boldly it is blotched. Follows the population an animal came from rather than a gene.
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.
Subspecies and colour 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.
Worth knowing. Shinglebacks pair for life. The same two animals reunite each breeding season, pairs have been recorded together for over twenty years, and a survivor has been observed remaining beside a dead partner. They also give birth to one or two very large live young rather than laying a clutch, so a female produces at most a couple of animals a year.
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.