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FRoberts
at Tue Oct 2 08:11:42 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FRoberts ]
>>>> what is really strange is the fact that the first pic marked "Bubblegum " looks like a "normal" Yellow/Black Rat cross,...
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>>Actually it looks nothing like a normal yellow/black rat cross. A subadult normal yellow/black rat cross is pictured below, its colors are fully developed yet but you can get the general idea:
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>>This animal was hatched by me.
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>>Most yellow/black rat crosses are various shades of olive/green and black with bright yellow highlights. The snake in Frank's picture has much more brownish orange, which is typical of the normal phase of yellow/black/everglades (bubblegum rats). Most I've seen were more brown but that could have been due to a higher percentage of black rat in the mix versus everglades.
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>>An exception to the more brownish (copper?) look can be seen below. It is a photo of an intergrade animal produced by breeding a black/yellow rat (greenish rat) to an everglades rat snake. Although the snake is comprised of 50% everglades "genes" it doesn't show near the orange that Frank's snake does.
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>>Hope this helps,
>>dg
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Thanks,
Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research
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I want that last one too lol n/p - FRoberts, Tue Oct 2 08:11:42 2007