Do all bananas lose their lavendar color as they mature?

My two year old, 1000g banana het pied male started out as a typical "banana" looking hatchling with vibrant yellow and lavendar. Now as an adult he looks like this:

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...ce51118cba.jpg

I still think he's gorgeous and kinda prefer the tan color over the lavendar. But is this common with bananas, or do they usually keep their colors as they grow?

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This is how they age. :) Good looking boy.

I love the lavender color. How about lavender albinos? Do they lose color

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I love the lavender color. How about lavender albinos? Do they lose color

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Their yellows fade a bit, but the lavender stays pretty lavender. Check out pics 2 and 3 at WOBP: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/mo...vender-albino/

It's almost exactly what my 3yr lav albino male looks like. His lavender color is about the same shade of lavender on my baby banana. Yellows, obviously, are much more faded. Personally, I think the lavender albino color ages better than banana coloring.

I have been looking into this and honestly, figuring it out has been surprisingly difficult. There are far fewer adult morph pictures running around than I would have believed, far more baby/juvenile pictures.

It's hard to tell these pythons age just from the photos, but it does appear that some "larger" ball pythons keep their coloring after they age some. That said, it does seem like almost all lighten up some.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...ac23d5b287.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/...CoralGlow2.jpg

http://ssscales.com/wp-content/uploa...3570498_n1.jpg

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I have been looking into this and honestly, figuring it out has been surprisingly difficult. There are far fewer adult morph pictures running around than I would have believed, far more baby/juvenile pictures.

It's hard to tell these pythons age just from the photos, but it does appear that some "larger" ball pythons keep their coloring after they age some. That said, it does seem like almost all lighten up some.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...ac23d5b287.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/...CoralGlow2.jpg

http://ssscales.com/wp-content/uploa...3570498_n1.jpg

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That bottom and top one look especially nice! I've been trying to find if there is any way to tell from a hatchling how much color they will hold or it all bananas sort of washout as adults, but as you've said it's difficult to find pictures of adults much less before and after shots. I have also poked around trying to see if certain morphs helped bananas keep color, but again not much luck.

On that note, I've been wondering, at what age does a ball python's color stop changing? Or does it change its entire life? o:

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I love the lavender color. How about lavender albinos? Do they lose color

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If you want a lavender snake that holds its color well look at a toffino. My breeder is a knockout at a bit over a year. Not quite as yellow as when he was a hatchling but defenatly more purple

this is my breeder toffino Diablo the day I bought himhttp://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psaqh4gj5z.jpgmind that this photo was taken with a good camera and under enhanced lighting
this is him a year later actually had to pull him out from a female's tub to take these two photos and again mind this was taken with my phone with just a standerd bulb in a ceiling fan so not the quality of the older photo http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psjp8xofha.jpghttp://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...pspv5mkp0w.jpgas you can tell despite the crappy photos he held his color very well as all toffino do

when i bought him i was looking at a banana but saw how they faded as they aged so I found him and never looked back
price was close to the same and the colors are close enough for what i wanted

Got a pic of your breeder?

Seems like there is a lot of variability, I wish we had more photos from baby to adult. Here are some other lavender colored adults to show the spectrum:

Banana Enchi:

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...na%20enchi.jpg

Lavender Albino
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...1&d=1463793925

Toffino Breeder:

http://www.coreywoods.com/Toffino/To...lbino_3442.jpg

A more lavender/purple-ish coral glow:

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...1&d=1470676926

Seems like almost all loose that "glow", except for some lucky individuals

hypo banana, his lavender is extremely nice in person, as well as the orange, it's only getting nicer with age

(natural light, no flash)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5737/3...b783161d_b.jpg

I've been looking at these guys myself but I'm kind of hesitant because there's such a wide range of colors in adulthood. The toffino seems like a good bet for a similar snake that holds color well. I'll have to keep looking for a bit I guess.

Look at #bananaballpython on Instagram, surprisingly good collection of pictures. The bananas kind of grow on you, but another good one is the candino. I have seen some really great coloration on those.

Thank you for posting this! I'm really curious about the progression of coral glows. It seems there's so much variability... I'm hoping that mine will darken instead of lighten as I really love the lavender colour and freckles. I think it just looks so different!

This one is 8 months right now and he is holding his color. The lavender isn't quite as dark as the picture shows, but not that much lighter. I'm quite happy with how he is aging. This was right after he shed the other night.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...kronosshed.jpg

I believe it depends on the bananas as mine is faded and doesn't show much lavender but his 2 clutches he fathered the babies varied some were more vibrant colored while others were dull not very eye catching I guess but I'm currently raising up 1 baby I kept that did look better then any of the other and can't wait to see if his lavender color goes like the dad or stays

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No, some banana/cg keep their colors.

Judging by the photos, I believe the lavender is actually somewhat the same in most cases but the degree of yellow/orange would be what intensifies the look of the lavender (they are complimentary colours!). So anything with a super strong orange/yellow would have the best visibility over time. It also seems that orange has really positive staying power. The final distinguishing thing would be the sharpness of the markings.

If you're just looking for snakes that keep purple colors look at caramel glows.

A couple examples. link and link

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If you're just looking for snakes that keep purple colors look at caramel glows.

A couple examples. link and link

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In that case wouldn't the bananas/ cg that are hypo/ ghost also keep the lavender better with age as well. The red eyes kind of creep me out with the caramels/ toffinos so much I don't think I could get around the fact they are prettier than the bananas.

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In that case wouldn't the bananas/ cg that are hypo/ ghost also keep the lavender better with age as well. The red eyes kind of creep me out with the caramels/ toffinos so much I don't think I could get around the fact they are prettier than the bananas.

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No Carmel albino hold their color has nothing to do with hypo. The hypo just enhances what color the Carmel albino has. Also the toffino go through a eye color change from bright red to ruby to dark red to almost a red black
The issues with the Carmel glow are they have Carmel albino which have kinking issues and females are sub fertile ( they produce more slugs and very few viable eggs) so some people tend to say away from Carmel