Yeah,...Cosalas are a very cool form of Sinaloan for sure,...my favorite as a matter of fact, although I don't have any personally as of yet. But in my opinion, should be kept separate and true to form subspecifically. That is really what makes them cool, not just their look alone, but the fact they are their own special entity unlike the other form(s).

I would HIGHLY suspect they would change a little bit, bue to their scales being thicker as they mature. Just like in tons of other young snakes, you can tend to see through their scales because they are so much thinner and smaller. That is why you can see through the head of many amel hatchlings and see the red blood cells, or another example would be a leucistic Texas Rat starting out very pink, and ending up solid white as an adult because the scales are so much thicker as to not display an opaque look. Also, you can see through their heads too, and see the dark blue eyes through the top of their heads.

Gerritt could probably shed some light on this too.



~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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