In the case of the Gonyosoma hybrids that I mentioned in the thread above, the all-black G. janseni from Seleyar are born green and turn glossy black in the first few years of their life. The other parent, the green G. oxycephala are pretty much born with adult coloration.

Here is a picture of a G. janseni from Seleyar. This specimen is now all black and near adulthood. See my post "yes" above to see what the adults look like.



The hybrids between these species are born green and now as they near adulthood they have turned green with heavy black speckling, not unlike some of the pure G. oxycephala that have a lot of black speckling. I'll contact the breeder and see if he minds me posting a picture of one of the subadult hybrids.


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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Jave local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

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• new guy - nydon, Sun Nov 19 04:45:00 2006
• very interesting question.... - FRoberts, Sun Nov 19 14:22:43 2006
• RE: very interesting question.... - nydon, Mon Nov 20 04:06:48 2006
• NO WAY - bluemike, Tue Nov 21 11:10:54 2006
• RE: NO WAY - nydon, Tue Nov 21 12:30:43 2006
• RE: new guy - Horridus, Mon Nov 20 10:38:31 2006
• RE: new guy - nydon, Tue Nov 21 05:02:15 2006
• RE: new guy - chris_harper2, Wed Nov 22 12:41:05 2006
• Oxycephala/janseni (Oxyjansen) hybrids! - c&f, Wed Nov 22 18:49:18 2006
• link to ratsnake forum - c&f, Wed Nov 22 19:08:19 2006
• RE: Oxycephala/janseni (Oxyjansen) hybrids! - Horridus, Thu Nov 23 08:28:00 2006
• RE: Oxycephala/janseni (Oxyjansen) hybri - chris_harper2, Thu Nov 23 09:23:47 2006
• RE: Oxycephala/janseni (Oxyjansen) hybri - Horridus, Fri Nov 24 09:07:50 2006
• RE: Oxycephala/janseni (Oxyjansen) hybri - chris_harper2, Fri Nov 24 09:14:30 2006