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Posted by: DMong at Wed Nov 24 02:02:33 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]  
   

Granted, this one is much older, and is already extremely orange, but this one depicts the light tongue very well. I have however seen some very orange ratsnakes that had both black AND red tongues, but I don't think any true hypos at all have all solid black tongues.

As you mentioned, regarding them being the same as yellows.....they are really like yellow brooksi are to Florida kings. Both are floridana, only the brooksi is a clinal color variant of floridana. With glades and Yellows, it can be a tough nut to crack as to their percentages of mixed lineage in many parts of their range. Some speculate that some of the so-called Everglades in the hobby are simply line-bred Yellow rats that display more orange/red coloration.

Anyway, yep!, sometimes one just can't say either way with any certainty at all..LOL!

But later on you will certainly know if yours are hypo or not.


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