>>Not trying to rain on your parade, but that snake does not appear remotely green to me. I believe you when you reiterate the hard work you put into your project. That is commendable, but am I obligated to say "Wow, look at that green snake" when it obviously is a normal eastern milk? I do not believe so.







In Jeff's defense, I did see one of his "green" easterns at a show a couple of years ago. It definitely looks alot more green in person than his photos show. Is it an anery??? I don't believe so at this time (That's MY opinion). Over the past few years I have seen many photos of similar grey/olive/green easterns, and found one in the wild myself. The photos of the one I found (seen below in another post) also did not show off the true color as my eyes saw it. It was extremely silmilar to the one of Jeff's that I saw.



I spoke with a couple of people who have found easterns with similar coloration. No one that I have talked to has ever found a small (hatchling or neonate) L.t.t with this "green" coloration. Most opinions that I have received (outside of Jeff's) were that is "was just an old animal". I'm not sold on that theory either at this time.



I saw Carl's "anery" eastern that was hatched out from a WC female (if I remember correctly). When I saw it almost 2 years ago it was very small and definitely had no "red" in it. Is this one anery??? I don't know. I commend Jeff for having theories and hopefully he will come to some conclusions sooner than later. It is my opinion that it is ridiculous to keep arguing both sides of this discussion. To me 15 (or how ever many) years seems like a long time to produce no conclusions. I know there has been setbacks and all, but nothing? If I am sucessful, I hope to hell it doesn't take me that long to prove out the amel gene!





This is the "green" L.t.t. of Jeff's (along side my amel) that I saw for those who may not have seen the pics before. To my eye it was "greenish". Is it Anery (recessive) or within the range of "normal" easterns... yet to be determined IMHO. Good luck Jeff.




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