Another thought, and also maybe not the right answer, could be that the color/pattern doesn't play a large role in the natural struggle for survival of that species. (My opinion is that) Nature works less in favor of a good design than it does against a flawed one. So all of these variations in appearance in Candoia may be equally succesful and thereby not selectively weeded out.

I think Jerry Conway is one of the only people out there with any appreciable experience selectively breeding candoia, so it would be interesting to see if you breed for one appearance if the resulting offspring bear that trait. I know that with tree boas you can breed for certain traits, reds, yellows, etc., and you will get a proportionally higher occurance of that trait in the resulting offspring. Not 100% though, there can still be some surprises, but I wonder if the same is true of all polymorphic snakes including candoia??

Anyone else have any thoughts?
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