Mosaic Mania Page
I have decided to make an entire page of my site dedicated to Mosaic Florida Kings, and combo morphs which include the Mosaic gene because I truly believe this is the new frontier of the Florida King hobby.
First a quick overview of the Mosaic gene, and where did it originate. the Mosaic gene was discovered in at least two separate collections from Cane Feild Kings collected in and around the Clewiston area of Central Florida. One line which is the predominant line in the hobby today popped up in a group of Clewiston wild caught animals in Gourmet Rodents colony. They bred these Mosaics for several years, and sold many of them at all the Reptile expos they vended at. They also saw a striped, and Axanthic gene come from this same group of Clewiston Kings.
A second line popped up in a WC gravid female from the Clewiston area caught by Sean Bellinger. He incubated the eggs and a couple of the babies had the Mosaic pattern. We can safely conclude that the mosaic gene is in fact a naturally occurring morph in certain wild Floridana populations.
Gourmet Rodents were probably the first to discover that adding Hypo to the Mosaics would create some amazing variations to an already great looking snake. I'm not sure why they did not pursue this combination in more depth, but I do remember seeing some old pics of them many years ago.
First a quick overview of the Mosaic gene, and where did it originate. the Mosaic gene was discovered in at least two separate collections from Cane Feild Kings collected in and around the Clewiston area of Central Florida. One line which is the predominant line in the hobby today popped up in a group of Clewiston wild caught animals in Gourmet Rodents colony. They bred these Mosaics for several years, and sold many of them at all the Reptile expos they vended at. They also saw a striped, and Axanthic gene come from this same group of Clewiston Kings.
A second line popped up in a WC gravid female from the Clewiston area caught by Sean Bellinger. He incubated the eggs and a couple of the babies had the Mosaic pattern. We can safely conclude that the mosaic gene is in fact a naturally occurring morph in certain wild Floridana populations.
Gourmet Rodents were probably the first to discover that adding Hypo to the Mosaics would create some amazing variations to an already great looking snake. I'm not sure why they did not pursue this combination in more depth, but I do remember seeing some old pics of them many years ago.
Pictures of Mosaics, and Mosaics combined with other genes.
Anery Hypo Mosaic Ghost
Ultra Mosaic female
Patternless Mango colored Hypo Mosaic
Mosaic being bred by a striped Florida King
Light normal Mosaic courting a Striped Florida King
T-Neg Mosaic courting a Peant Butter female
Normal Mosaic female
High White Anery Flame male courting a Mosaic het Hypo female
Second Mosaic T-Neg ever produced
Normal Mosaic laying eggs
Hypo Mosaic produced by Kayla Bell
Hypo Mosaic produced by Kayla Bell
Mosaic het Hypo produced by Kayla Bell
First ever Mosaic T-Neg hatching
Mosaic T-Neg
Ultra Mosaic line female
Belly shot
Mystery Mosaic
Mystery Mosaic as a Juvenile
Mystery Mosaic belly shot
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Anery Hypo Mosaic Ghost belly shot
Hypo Mosaic with Ery influence
nearly Patternless Hypo Mosaic
Normal Mosaic female
Normal Mosaic with hets
T-Neg Mosaic breeding a Peanut butter female
High White Anery male, and Mosaic het Hypo female hooked up
Mosaic het Hypo with first clutch of duds.
Mosaic T-Neg
interesting Mosaic from the Mystery line
Mosaic het Hypo produced by Kayla Bell
another Mosaic from the Mystery line
Dark Mosaic with hets from Mystery line
first ever Mosaic T-Neg hatching
Worlds first Mosaic T-Neg
Ultra Mosaic line male
Normal Mosaic belly shot
Normal Mosaic sibling to first Mosaic T-Neg
Normal Mosaic male
Mosaic het Hypo produced by Kayla Bell
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