I think there are many factors contributing to this...



Yes, the first of each that we saw, at the time we saw them, were purple and black.



To me, expecting everyone to look the same would be amost like expecting every salmon to have the same color, or every albino.



I think the color for these supers depend on many things:

color of adults

pattern of adults

predominant color in bloodline of the adults used to produce the parents

predominant pattern in some bloodlines used to create these and/or their adults

vanishing pattern in any of the bloodlines

increasing color in any of the bloodlines

and obviously whether or not there is central american influence...



and with the centrals, there may be even more variation...



there are many different locatities of Centrals and many of them are very different in color...



I see nics that are orangish brown..

I see mexicans that are greyish or a dull dark color

I see Costa Ricans that are greenish to tan

I see Hondurans that are olive, greenish, light grey, or bright orange

I see some others that are copperish in color, or steel blue in color, and so on...



They also have varying pattern.. some very heavy, some very light, almost always bold...



So unless you are using the exact same adults Jeremy used to produce those patternless animals, or that Alex used to produce his, I would expect them to have some variation...



We may have seen these kids before shed, or after first shed, or with their birth skin still making them look smokey in appearance.



either way, it's a solid colored snake that's just UNREAL!!!!





See you in Daytona!





-Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo

'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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