Super Caramel Jaguar

Morelia spilota mcdowelli

History

In 2006 I bred a male Coastal Jaguar Carpet to a female Caramel. I hatched some normal looking Jaguars and Coastals as well as a Caramel Jaguar and caramel babies from that pairing. So it seems that the trait was co-dominant and I had hatched a double co-dom Caramel Jaguar! In 2007 I tried the same pairing again along with a second pairing, a male Caramel to a female Coastal Jaguar. Both clutches contained Caramel Jaguars and Caramels as well as normal Jaguars and Coastals.

I also bred Caramel to Caramel for the first time in 2007. The outcome from 19 eggs from this clutch was also consistent with it being a co-dominant trait, there were 10 Caramels, 5 normals and 4 "Super" Caramels. The supers were even brighter than their Caramel clutch mates and completely lacked any dark scales or markings altogether.

In 2009 I bred a male super Caramel to a normal coastal and hatching all caramel babies, finally proving the mutation to be co-dominant and In 2010 I hatched the first Super Caramel Jaguars.