iHerp Australia Issue 6 | Page 12

Reverse Paradox and lethal leucistic.... Wayne and Deb Larks from Morelia Magic have been at the forefront of python morph breeding in Australia for many years now, but their enthusiasm for new projects remains infectious. I think we can help out a little with the history that Neville was talking about. Simon Stone’s original albino Paradox Darwin was called ‘Destiny’ and was the result of a het to het pairing. Coincidentally, I believe that when Destiny hatched, Simon (like Neville later on) also initially thought that the markings were caused by faeces present in the egg. I don’t think Destiny herself produced any more Paradoxes, but when Simon retired, he advertised his Paradox project for sale, which included a couple of Paradox animals and a bunch of related snakes. Deb still has the advert. Simon may have held on to Destiny, but some of the Paradox animals around now can be traced back to one of her siblings (another Paradox) from a different clutch. Our Paradox albino Darwins are totally different to Simon’s, and four or five have cropped up at random in the same line. As mentioned earlier in this article, a few years back, along with the