Calico

Type: Polygenic

First Produced By: Trooper Walsh

Issues: N/A

First Produced In: Unknown

Availability: Average

Last Updated: 2022-12-08

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History

In January of 1993, Trooper Walsh produced a clutch of maroon and dark brown babies. One of those babies developed into a very unique adult with a pixelated pattern. Greg Maxwell purchased this animal and named it “The Computer Chondro” because the coloration reminded him of the pixels on a computer screen. Maxwell would later pair The Computer Chondro with his clutchmate sister, AquaGirl, in 1999, and produced another pixelated snake from the pairing, proving that the trait was inheritable. Maxwell coined the breeding “The Calico Project” and he named the unique snake "Calico Jr’, as he looked like a miniature version of his father.

Being that Calico Jr. was produced from a sib-to-sib pairing, he is considered 100% Calico. Calico Jr. was bred to two different females and produced three successful clutches with them; two clutches with “LemonGirl” (2001 & 2004) and one with “Day Dream” (2006). Offspring from these three clutches were the first generation of 50% Calico GTPs.

Since then, the Calico Line has been bred and outcrossed to many other designer lines and localities, and despite being diluted, the Calico Line continues to produce remarkable looking phenotypes!