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willstill
at Tue Apr 11 22:18:29 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by willstill ]
Historically, the IMG has stood for "increasing melanin gene", meaning, as the ball python ages the amount of melanin in the skin increases considerably. The snake starts out looking axanthic-ish and becomes darker with age. Some on this forum seem to think that IMG also means "increased melanin gene", or just a darker ball python. That however is not the case, a dark ball python is not necessarily and IMG. To be a true IMG the animal will start off with a fairly high contrasting black and white pattern and significantly increase its melanin load with age and become a very dark, sooty, black and grey snake.
Will
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