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DMong
at Fri Nov 26 12:55:51 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
I am thinking that if it still has the normal amount of melanin in those areas that the rest of the blotches have, then the actual skin cells in those random areas are likely aligned much differently than the rest(instead of lying flatter), which causes more of a refracting "prism" affect just as with the Rainbow boas and such. Their scale cells tend to be more angled than many other snakes, thus the prism affect.
Pretty bizarre, but as we all know....virtually ANYTHING is possible with any of natures organisms. This sort of thing has always peaked my interest!. The fascinating part with all this is....."what the heck causes these anomalies to take place?" 
~Doug ----- "a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
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