As Kerby mentioned, ONLY if that snake can be test-bred to a known "lavender" and PROVEN to be the same simple recessive trait. Otherwise it would just be pure speculation and just "look" very similar to one. Many things "look" similar in this hobby, but can in fact be very different.



One simple example would be a snake I saw MANY years ago at a show labelled a "anerythristic yellow ratsnake". It was a very grey-colored yellow ratsnake with normal black longitudinal striping, with just a bit of normal yellow pigment on the head. the mutation might "look" similar to an anerythristic cornsnake, but the correct term for that particular animal would be "hypoxanthic"..(greatly reduced yellow pigment), NOT anerythristic(total lack of red pigment(erythrin). Even though BOTH snakes are visually grey, black, with a tad of yellow.



Yes, similar "looking" mutations, but VERY different indeed!.







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

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