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Sub-adult female Super Arctic Swiss Chocolate
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Superarctic Swiss Chocolate
The genetics
Swiss Chocolate
Swiss Chocolate is a recessive, hypermelanistic mutation that increases melanin production, concentrated most heavily on the head. Hatchlings are born dark and stay that way, producing a rich chocolate-brown snake — similar to Sable but darker and warmer in tone.
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.
What makes a Chocolate Superarctic
- Two copies of Swiss Chocolate — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
- 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 Swiss Chocolate family
The same base with its Arctic and Anaconda modifier variants.
Swiss Chocolate
Swiss ChocolateChocolate Arctic
Swiss ChocolateSwiss Chocolate Conda
Swiss ChocolateSwiss Chocolate Superconda
Swiss ChocolateChocolate Arctic Anaconda
Swiss ChocolateChocolate Arctic Superconda
Swiss ChocolateChocolate Superarctic Anaconda
Swiss ChocolateChocolate Superarctic Superconda
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