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There's much to see here! Take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about Cape House Snakes in herpetoculture! By combining morphs, locality and polygenetic traits the possibilities are endless!
There are five proven base morphs in house snakes which originated in the Boaedon capensis species. All of the base morphs are recessive. Morphs of other species of house snake have been found, but are not yet proven or established.
The T+ Albino (Tyrosinase-Positive) morph is a variety of albino generally exhibits darker pigments of yellow and orange. The pupil of the eye is notably black.
There is more than one line of T+ Albino and they have been proven to be incompatible.
The T- Albino (Tyrosinase-Negative) morph is the typical albino which has no dark pigment and is generally yellow, orange and white. Their pupils are red.
The Hypomelanistic morph displays the typical "ghost" like appearance of dilute colouration. They range from dilute brown to a beautiful purplish grey.
The Blue-Eye morph was originally referred to as "blue-eyed leucistic" as the adults appearance is similar to other leucistic mutations that we see in colubrids. However, even as adults they never go a pure white colour. This morph also has a muted pattern.
The Marble morph is the newest morph to be proved genetic. This morph had a diluted grey-brown colourtion. The head pattern is the most notable attribute of this morph which is very broken up and thus gives it a marbled appearance.
Cape House Snake color and pattern are variable and may be influenced by their locality and polygentic traits. Color can vary from deep brick red to chocolatey brown and patterns can vary from stripes to zigzags and even form a beautiful lace-like look. There are many locality and polygentic traits being line bred.
The KZN Red locality line has been developed from specimens collected in an area of northern Kwazulu-Natal where the soil is very red.
The are numerous areas in South Africa where the Patternless variety of house snake can be found. The Bushveld Reptiles line are from our home area of Bela Bela. Their coloration is a rich chocolatey brown.
The polymorphic trait for striping can be found in numerous areas of South Africa. The Bushveld Reptiiles line are from the costal area of the Southern most area of Kwazulu-Natal. This locality gets very large and has distinctive striping pattern down its dorsum.
Many of the most impressive colors and patterns of house snakes have been elevated to the next level by combining morphs, localities and polygentic traits. The possibilities for designer house snakes seems endless!
The T+ Butter is the T+ Albino morph bred into a Green locality. The result of this combination is stunning yellow colouration with little to nopattern.
This designer morph was produced for the first time in 2010 by Deon Nell.
The T+ Butter is the T+ Albino morph bred into a Green locality. The result of this combination is stunning yellow colouration with little to no pattern. There is variability in the T- Butter where some hatchlings are more orange and some are more yellow.
This designer morph was produced for the first time in 2012 by Rolf Dennison of Ultimate Exotics.
The Hypo Green is the Hypomelanistic morph bred into a Green locality. The result of this combination is beautiful dilute green colouration with little to no pattern.
This designer morph was produced for the first time in 2013 by Rolf Dennison of Ultimate Exotics.
The Hypo T+ Butter House Snake is the Hypomelanistic and T+ Albino morph bred into a Green locality. The result of this combiantion is a very dilute T+ Butter house snake with almost no pattern.
This designer morph was produced for the first time in 2016 by Rolf Dennison of Ultimate Exotics.
The KZN Red T+ Albino is the T+ Albino morph bred into KZN Red locality. The result is a beautifully saturated red which gets better with age. These are pure B. capensis.
This designer morph was produced for the first time by Tyrone Ping.
Bushveld Reptiles lines are a minimum of 50% KZN Red locality. We are now working on a line of 75% KZN Red T+ Albino.
The KZN Red T- Albino is the T- Albino morph bred into KZN Red locality. The result is a beautifully saturated orange which gets better with age. These are pure B. capensis.
This designer morph was produced for the first time by Tyrone Ping.
Bushveld Reptiles lines are a minimum of 50% KZN Red locality. We are now working on a line of 75% KZN Red T+ Albino.
The T+/T- Sunglow is a double recessive visual morph of Albino and Hypomelanstic. These are pure B. capensis.
The T- Albino Blue Eye is a double recessive visual morph of T-Albino and Blue-Eye.
This designer morph was produced for the first time in 2016 by John Chinn of Ditalo Reptiles.
The Hypo Blue Eye is a double recessive visual morph of Hypo and Blue-Eye.
We are developing standards for some of the designer morphs to ensure consistency and integrity in our product.
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