Maybe the females, but hat male isn't a "true" greenish. If he retains tha much pattern as an adult, you are clearly looking at some captive "cooked-up" attempt at "creating" greenishes. Very unfotunate tha people do this, as what I call, "natural strain" greenishes have a identity that's all their own. What you have there is invariably an unpure bloodline. Now, if that snake loses it's blotches and becomes orange with the bands, you've might just have a yellow rat...but being marketed as a greenish, it would be hard to prove purity.



Again, just my two cents about these guys. As anyone whos seen me post on this issue before will tell you.. I'm a purist, call it my flaw. I don't have anything against mutations, just cross-breeds. And the greenish has sort of lost it's place due to these cross-breedings. It's really a shame in my eyes.



Greenishes are quite variable in color naturally, about like an of the NA ratsnakes tend to be...as the pictured below shows a very dark(also in shed when found), specimen. But they generally are more olive green and can have light juvinile pattern all the way into adulthood, but sometimes the pattern fades completely.

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