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Component genes
Your MorphDex
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Log in to start your MorphDexIncludes Frost, which is currently under review by the hognose community. It's in the Public Morph Guide so you can browse it — the look is real and well documented; how it inherits is still being worked out.
The genetics
Frost
Recessive — an animal must inherit two copies for it to show visually. A single copy is a hidden 'het' carrier.
This gene is currently under review by the hognose community.
Arctic x2
Superarctic is the two-copy (super) form of the Arctic gene — not a separate gene. It produces a stronger, more dramatic expression of the Arctic look: brighter, cleaner, often with very strong black-and-white contrast. It occurs when a hognose inherits Arctic from both parents.
Anaconda
Anaconda, often shortened to Conda, is an incomplete-dominant pattern mutation. One copy reduces the normal blotched dorsal pattern, creating a cleaner, more open, simplified appearance — the pattern becomes reduced, broken, or simplified.
What makes a Blue Steel
- Two copies of Frost — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
- One copy of Anaconda — the single-gene form.
- Two copies of Arctic — the 'Superarctic' super form.
This describes the genetics of the animal itself — not the odds from a pairing. Outcome odds are the Genetics Calculator's job.
More in the Frost family
The same base with its Arctic and Anaconda modifier variants.
Under reviewFrost
Frost
Under reviewFrost Anaconda
FrostFrost Arctic Anaconda
Frost
Under reviewFrost Superconda
FrostFrost Arctic Superconda
FrostFrost Superarctic Superconda
FrostFrosted Arctic
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