 Genetic
Morph: Cinnamon Pastel, Black Pastel,
Cinny
Status: Proven Co-Dominant
When: 2002
By Whom: Graziani Reptiles, Gulf
Coast Reptiles ( first to produce Super
in 2002 )
Our line of Cinnamon Pastel ball python
appears to have no black or yellow in it,
just shades of brown, tan and white. Like
the Pastel Jungle ball python its belly
is pure white with no black flecking at
all and instead of having a gold stripe
through the top of the eye it has a silver
stripe. As a juvenile, it had a pale stripe
on its cheek starting behind the eye. As
an adult its head is almost patternless.
We have seen several other similar ball
pythons in other collections that have yet
to be proven but are believed to be the
same mutation. At least one other breeder
has proven his line and is calling them
Black Pastels. They have also been called
Red Axanthics. We have stayed with the name
Cinnamon Pastel because we do not believe
this animal to be Axanthic nor do we see
any black in it.
We
proved our line to be genetic in the summer
of 2002 when we bred our wild caught Cinnamon
Pastel male to 3 wild caught females. All
3 females laid eggs and out of 18 eggs we
hatched 8 Cinnamon Pastels, which proved
this mutation to be dominant. In 2 years
we will try to prove it to be co-dominant
by breeding Cinnamon Pastel to Cinnamon
Pastel in hopes of creating a Super Cinnamon
Pastel.
Above
text by Graziani Reptiles
As
of 2005..........the Cinnamon Pastel aka
Black Pastel have both proved to be co-dom...the
"Super Cinny" and "Super
Black Pastel" are both dark chocolate
colored patternless snakes. The "Pewter"
from each line looks different to some degree...........Pewter
being a Pastel x Cinny or a Pastel x Black
Pastel...........the difference is not extreme
in the Pewters..........also the "Supers"
from each line are slightly different.........some
say that one Super is darker than the other?.........more
brown......more black.........
I
have noticed many problems with the "Supers"
from the year that they were first produced
until now ( 05 ).........all that have been
produced and that I have seen have face
deformities....either elongated snouts.........thin
cheeks and heads........a "turned up"
snout.........kinks or twists..........I
think to solve the problem with the Supers.........breeders
need to NOT line breed to make the Supers...........bloodlines
need to be mixed.
The
"Super Pastel Cinny" aka Sterling
Ball is from the Graziani Cinny Line..........the
"Super Pastel Black Pastel" aka
Silver Streak is from the Black Pastel line............these
two snakes are "night and day"
in appearance.............so I would think
between the differences in the Supers, Pewters
and "Super Pastel x Cinny/ Black"
it's safe to say that the lines should be
considered to do different things. ( RDR
blurp )
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