Cheers...
Myself and my buddy Tom Keogan.... probably have the largest collections of BHPs in the US. We've been working on combining all the different "types" to create these looks you see here.
Black and Whites, Bumble Bee's (yellow and black), Black Backs, Pinstripes, High Contrast, Hypos, Axanthics, Reds, Classics, Bold banded, etc.....to name a few. Haha.
The animal in the last picture is what we call "color changer".
They hatch looking like a normal hatchy but, under go this color change... once they hit maturity. Looks like a hypo trait but, if it was an actual hypo...it would hatch as a hypo.
Still not understood what is happing with the color but, I feel it's diet related.
In fact, all the problem associated with adult BHPs.... I feel, can be traced back to diet. Keepers like to over feed em'. They're not rodent eaters....they eat Taipans and king browns, dragons, monitors, etc.
So giving them boat loads of rodents....isn't the best for them IMO.
They sure are cool snakes.....nothing else like them in the snake world. personality is more like a monitor. Just great to handle and interact with.
Glad you enjoyed the shots.
D.
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