I have never kept YT, but I have had snakes that changed color.



I had a Colombian Rainbowboa (E.c.maurus) whose sides and back were usually brown (basically one solid color) but occasionally would be pale gray/brown instead, providing a marked contrast to the back. This color change had nothing to do with the shed cycle or the lighting in the room. I think it was more likely to be gray-sided at night.



I have also had African Housesnakes that went from dark olive green to a very light shade of green, again with no correlation to shed cycle or lighting.
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Chris Harrison



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• Ontogentic change in Yellow Tail Cribo's - Keith Hillson, Sat Oct 18 16:52:31 2003
• very interesting - A.C., Sat Oct 18 19:44:56 2003
• RE: very interesting - Bobl, Sat Oct 18 20:00:45 2003
• RE: very interesting - Keith Hillson, Sun Oct 19 02:21:08 2003
• RE: very interesting - chrish, Sun Oct 19 09:08:22 2003
• RE: very interesting - oldherper, Sun Oct 19 09:33:08 2003
• RE: very interesting - Fred Albury, Mon Oct 20 13:12:16 2003