Was going through some old pics today and came across this pic by Andrea Spada, taken at the home of former hognose guru, Richard Evans.

Unfortunately there were only a few pics taken of this double homozygous morph, Pink pastel Hypo. This snake was hatched in 2004 from DH x DH pairing. A similar, yet more striking male sibling was also produced that looked more like an anaconda than this guy and was also double homozygous in 2003. That male was completely patternless for the first half of its body, and as I recall had a solid colored ventral. The 2004 as an adult:





and as a neonate:



Neonate picture courtesy Michael Price Photography



As I look at the pics, I can see traits of the anaconda coming through, obviously from the pink pastel side of the bloodline.

Notice how the posterior parts of the head pattern try to fuse

laterally(neonate pic), similar to many of the anacondas or supercondas seen today. The vanishing tail pattern is also similar to the traits shown in anaconda bloodlines. You can see the progression of fading as the snake had aged also, very similar to what many of our anacondas do. My anaconda had some speckling to his pattern as a neonate but in a few sheds it was gone.



Some anaconda pics to show similarity.

F2 to "Spot" the original anaconda from Brent Bumgardner





Other anacondas from Brent Bumgardner resembling the double morph in top pic:










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Thank you,

Kevin Rhodes

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