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JYohe
at Sun Feb 17 09:26:08 2013 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JYohe ]
....I had an over 3 foot female and one around 2 foot....both black....both NC found by others....both ate mice, rats ,toads frogs, anything....I think both female...don't remember the small one....large one laid like 32 eggs for the guy that gave her to me....he gave away all the kids....they were all shades of yellow to bright oranges....
another guy found a dark female...eastern PA , she laid eggs...all kids were realeased as well as mother within a week....at same rock...huge rock...she was digging ....not sure how black she was , I forget.....but the kids were same...yellows to oranges.....same area almost ,different mountain...the guys found a little one on a trail, looked amelanistic they said...
NOW...My thought....do females get black more than males?....makes sense if they do....I think it's all related to the sunlight .....?....just my thought....just like eastern milks...dark, greys,browns and ugly...yet if you have them in captivity their whole life....they stay more red....(yes ,some are red and orange in the wild too)...but I think the sun fades the colors and makes them darker to keep warmer faster....
just a thought......even though I know North Carolina isn't a cold northern state ....
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melanism - JYohe, Sun Feb 17 09:26:08 2013