by wadekilian » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:51 pm
Polygenic genes? Doesn't that count as a morph? You can line breed them to intensify certain qualities that you like, but there aren't very many recessive morphs, let alone co-dominant or dominant (if there are actually any). With Puff Adders, most of the different colours etc that you see are a result of locality.
To eventually produce an albino (or any other recessive, co-dom. or dom. genes) atleast one parent would have to be a gene carrier). So unless you get your hands on a scaleless or any other "proven" morph, you're gonna have to try your hand at line breeding.
If you just want cool looking babies, I'd personally recommend looking at getting Tanzanian or (legal, captive bred) Western Cape Puff Adders. I recently saw pictures of a pair of very nice Southern KZN Puff Adders, so you could look at those as well. I'm also a fan of Namibian Puff Adders but due to their laws against exporting reptiles, any animals you see for sale will have illegal origins.
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