Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, I could imagine that a dark garter snake in northern habitats would be able to absorb more heat than a lighter colored snake...this might be a reason it is environmentally favored and could be the most frequently encountered phenotype in the area.

The same is true for scorpions in the gulf coast area of the US that are rather dark colored while the same species is lighter colored in west Texas and New Mexico.

I've noticed pigeon coloration can vary wildly too. Sometimes it seems the aberrant patterned can be relatively common in some populations around here.

I guess my question is how frequent are these morphs encountered where they were discovered? Are they: truly unique/one of; or represented by only a few individuals; or relatively common; or the predominate phenotype in the area?

Additionally, are the ball pythons breeding groups, that contain the "morph" trait isolated from other ball python populations?

Thanks,

W. Smith

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