Anthony Caponetto Reptiles

Crested Geckos, Ball Pythons, Carpet Pythons

Carpet Pythons

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Carpet Python Collection

Caramel Type Coastal Carpet Python

Morelia spilota mcdowelli

Genetics: Dominant, Possibly Co-Dominant

This project started with a female I picked up at the 2007 NRBE in Daytona. Some friends spotted her on a vendor's table, so they called me and told me to take a look. I saw her and immediately had a good idea what she could be, so I bought her. Within an hour, as I was still walking around the show, I bumped into a French carpet breeder friend of mine. He is the breeder who had recently introduced the co-dominant caramels in France, so I decided to pull her out of the bag without saying anything about her, just see what he would say. The first thing he said was "This is what we call a caramel coastal." and he then proceded to pull out a photo album and show me pictures of his caramels. Since then, his line has been proven co-dominant, meaning a homozygous form called the "super caramel" has been produced.

Thus far, everything seems to be going well, genetically speaking, and I've gotten two clutches from that original female. Both clutches produced roughly half "caramel type" offspring and half normally pigmented offspring.

I am looking forward to breeding a male "caramel type" tiger to my original female this season (2011). For the 2012 season I will be breeding "caramel type" Jaguars to "caramel type" Tigers, as well as the original female.

ABOUT THE "CARAMEL TYPE" NAME
This line is not related, as far as we know, to the proven co-dominant French line. That said, one of the founders of the French line has seen my original female, and he felt reasonably confident that it was the same thing. My line has proven itself to work in a dominant fashion thus far, so things are definitely on the right track. However, until I can breed a "caramel type" male to a "caramel type" female, and it is proven co-dominant by producing a homozygous "super" version, I will continue to refer to it as "caramel type", so as to avoid any confusion with the original French line.