Hypomelanistic Corn Snake
Recessive morph
- Inheritance
- Recessive
- Super form
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- Allelic with
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How Hypomelanistic is inherited
Hypomelanistic is recessive: a corn snake needs two copies to show it. Animals with one copy look normal but are "het Hypomelanistic" and pass the gene to about half their babies.
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Hypo (type A).
Breeding outcomes
Odds per egg. Try your own pairing in the genetics calculator.
Hypomelanistic × Normal
- 100%Normal · het Hypomelanistic
Hypomelanistic × het Hypomelanistic
- 50%Hypomelanistic
- 50%Normal · het Hypomelanistic
het Hypomelanistic × het Hypomelanistic
- 75%Normal · 67% poss. het Hypomelanistic
- 25%Hypomelanistic
Hypomelanistic × Hypomelanistic
- 100%Hypomelanistic
Research mentioning Hypomelanistic
- PMEL is involved in snake colour pattern transition from blotches to stripes.
Nature communications · 2024
- Candidate genes underlying hypomelanistic morphs in squamate reptiles.
Genetics · 2026
- Puff-faced and proven – Masked Water Snake (Homalopsis buccata) in Captivity
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026
Other corn snake morphs
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