Possible NEW dark morph!

[SaintTawny]

Maybe I'm the only one, but I have concerns about the legitimacy of those washed-out photos. I know that some people like to dress up their photos with mirrors or different background techniques, but it looks to me like the flash reflecting in the mirror is playing tricks against the snake. I'd love to see pictures in natural light just after a shed, even if he's not in shed right now. I say that because I have a male normal whose color ranges from caramel to dark chocolate depending on how long it's been since his last shed. Right after a shed he'll be the creamiest shades of caramel you've ever seen, and then as time goes on, a few weeks before his next shed he gets to be these 80-90% cocoa dark chocolate colors. There's something about the pattern of that snake that I don't see with my boy, but it raises questions in my mind about what his true color spectrum is.

[Wobbilly5]

I may be mistaken, but I believe I held this animal at both the July 2012 and November 2012 Columbia Repticon shows. If it is the same animal, the man selling this animal at that time was named Leroy Adams. He said that he goes to Atlanta when one of his contacts gets new shipments in from Africa and he picks out the ones that have unique look to them and sells them. He had a number of interesting animals (imported and captive hatched) that he had on his table such as possible Leopard females and so forth.

You are not mistaken! This is Leroy's animal. I just moved to the Charlotte area and found Leroy as a source of feeders for my collection. He showed me his collection and I couldn't help but post this animal on here. He has lots of dinkers with seemingly good potential. I'd love to own this snake but have decided I can't even begin to negotiate from such a high price for an unproven animal. Leroy said he will be taking it to the upcoming Myrtle Beach show and hopes to sell it there.

[Wobbilly5]

Maybe I'm the only one, but I have concerns about the legitimacy of those washed-out photos. I know that some people like to dress up their photos with mirrors or different background techniques, but it looks to me like the flash reflecting in the mirror is playing tricks against the snake. I'd love to see pictures in natural light just after a shed, even if he's not in shed right now. I say that because I have a male normal whose color ranges from caramel to dark chocolate depending on how long it's been since his last shed. Right after a shed he'll be the creamiest shades of caramel you've ever seen, and then as time goes on, a few weeks before his next shed he gets to be these 80-90% cocoa dark chocolate colors. There's something about the pattern of that snake that I don't see with my boy, but it raises questions in my mind about what his true color spectrum is.

The photos are definitely rough. The washed out pictures with the mirror were sent to me from him with permission to post them and the picture with better light I took myself while I was holding it (in shed). I will be sure to take some good pictures with natural light next time I visit him and then I won't hesitate to post for you guys to see and discern from.

[sissysnakes]

Hehehe, I like the work out flip book you have going on after those photos in your album lol.

[adamsky27]

Why were all of the photos taken down?

[Capray]

Why were all the pics deleted? I wanna see it!

[Wobbilly5]

Picture I took outside (in shed)



Pictures from the breeder.....









I'll post more pictures next week with better lighting and NOT in shed.

[Corey Woods]

I had something similar and it didn't prove to be genetic.

[Wobbilly5]

Here we go! Enjoy!

Useful information: Apparently when he was a baby IMPORT, he was very similar looking to a cinnamon and was bought as a cinnamon, the only obvious difference being that he didn't have an eye stripe. He has been changing ever since, losing his brown color and still having very little eye stripe. I actually couldn't see any eye stripe at all in person and then when I looked at the pictures I was surprised to see that one showed up a little bit.

Experts! I got you good photos! Please chime in!

Thanks!

[Aes_Sidhe]

I will say Double gene Cinnamon/Sable