Kuligowski brothers and Justin Julander, we looked
at the results of a pairing of two Paradox animals in
a couple of YouTube videos. Exactly the same
number of albinos and hets were produced,
suggesting that this Paradox is in fact a chimera.
Last year we also acquired some hets that originally
belonged to Damian Hyde and produced Paradox
and ‘reverse Paradox’ three seasons in a row. We
have not yet bred any Paradox Darwins ourselves,
but recently hatched a couple of ‘reverse Paradox’
animals – with small white patches where there
would otherwise be normal colouration. Some
people also refer to these as ‘Calicos’.
Although there are not many Paradox albino
Darwins around, last year we know of seven that
were hatched out; three each in two separate
clutches and one from a first-time breeder.
There is also a line of axanthic Coastal Carpet
Pythons which will occasionally pop out a Paradox.
We have bred one, and we know of a couple of
other people who have a total of four or five.
Then there is the chimera that we hatched from a
Jag to Jag pairing. It is part ‘super’ form, which is
lethal leucistic, meaning that it is not quite right and
shows signs of ‘neuro’ – when it came out of the
egg it could hardly breathe. It is definitely a chimera,
as it clearly can be seen to contain parts from two
different animals (rather than a sprinkling of
different colours or pattern). We will try to
breed from it, but it may not be very
productive; it is basically a pet.
‘We recently hatched a couple of
‘reverse Paradox’
We also have a Paradox albino Olive Python,
which is one of only two randomly produced
in Australia. It is currently 18 months old, and is
unusual in that it has a dark tongue..
Left: Paradox
albino Darwin
Carpet Python.
Above right:
small ‘reverse
Paradox’
animal.
Right: this
Paradox albino
Olive Python is
unusual in that
it has a dark
tongue.
All images
courtesy Deb &
Wayne Larks.
animals....’