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RE: Do Snakes Tan?

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Posted by: tspuckler at Wed Feb 6 12:19:47 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tspuckler ]  
   

Corn snakes gain dark pigment as they age. This doesn't happen in captive bred albinos, snows, etc., because they don't have dark pigment.

I have a bloodred and a rootbeer (which I produced myself) which have both gained striping as they've aged. They are both five years old.

The top photo is of my rootbeer at age 2. The bottom photo I took today (she is in shed). In addition to striping, many non-albino morphs get more muted in coloration after hiiting their "color prime" at 2-3 years old.

Tim
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