While appearance is a big part of how we select our snakes, what we like most in terms of appearance is highly subjective depending on personal appeal. Other traits such as "personality", ease of feeding, etc. are also part of the equation (at least for me).



I have often heard of the variability among Kingsville hatchlings, some turning redder than others as adults, and as Billy stated, is probably the result of corruption somewhere in the linage of the adult breeders.



I like both of them for different reasons of appeal but I would select the second snake if presented a choice between the two for reasons of visual appeal to me.



My Kingsville is not the reddest in the world, nor even a close contender but he is an awesome snake for a variety of other reasons beyond visual appeal that have become apparent from being his primary caretaker these past three years and I would never consider replacing him because the color didn't materialize the way that I had hoped. Of course, you won't know the latter appeals until you make the commitment to keep and raise the snake.



My two cents worth,



Jim




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