It started with a pair of female borneos from VPI in 1999 and later a rescued male borneo from Rob Carmichael  from the WildLife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, IL. Several years later, I had my first clutch in 2003 and noting something odd going on with the hatchlings.  
 


Unfortunately, the only animal to hatch (above) did not survive after two weeks.  The remainder of the clutch looked quite similar.  Later I determined the incubation failed causing the offspring to die late term. 

After several years of breeding both girls to the male, I noted some interesting variations but never a re-creation of the above. Every year I produced offspring they appeared similar to the commonly known "marble" morph except with light coloration, vertebral striping, pale heads and clear bellies.  This was more like the "speckled sided/granite" as coined by VPI. It wasn't until I paired up a 2005 female called "checkers" with a 2007 male called "dirty joe" (see below).

Dirty Joe


Checkers


After all this time, through selective breeding, I have been able to prove out my granite line borneos as something different resulting in two ultra-breit males as well as a wide range of interesting pattern and color appearances.  Below is a photo gallery of the offspring from the 2010 clutch.