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This is a 4-year old male Brazilian Rainbow, Epicrates cenchria cenchria. He is usually light colored but he really had his sides lightened up tonight.

i have a female i am lookin for a male for that is usualy a lil dark but turns super light at night

beautiful. Any idea why they lighten up at night like that?

Dave

Dave,
...I am not sure why they do it. Probably has something to do with either avoinding becoming prey to larger animals or hunting prey animals to eat. What I have observed is that many of the subspecies of Rainbow Boas do this to some extent. It seems like mature females are more likely to do it than males or juveniles though both males and juveniles do it. This points to the possibility that it may have something to do with courtship. I sometimes see it during the day but only perhaps 10% as often as at night. Really is a tough one to figure out for sure.
Jeff

>>beautiful. Any idea why they lighten up at night like that?
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>>Dave

Thanks for your thoughts. I also think it has something to do with hunting prey and avoiding being caught as prey while hunting at night. I'm going to try to pay attention to it more with my animals.

Dave