san francisco garters

[ConcinusMan]

Oh. That's not what I read. Wish I could find the article. but anyway, we know that sf garters are not a pattern morph of CA red sideds. If they were, you would expect one to give birth and see both patterns.

[Stefan-A]

but anyway, we know that sf garters are not a pattern morph of CA red sideds. If they were, you would expect one to give birth and see both patterns.

Why would you expect that to happen? There are numerous colour morphs of all the other subspecies and they do give birth to offspring that resemble the parents.