This animal was hatched from two normal Westerns by a gentleman in Alabama. Most of the eggs went bad but this little female did hatch out. I think there may have been 1-2 others hatch but they were normal in appearance. It is very similar to the "Lavender" mutation produced in Cornsnakes even has the same dark ruby red eye. I thought it may be a T amel but that would not account for the coloration being that different. Since "Lavender" originated as a recessive trait in itself and if memory serves a WC animal was involved in the original breeding producing it, this might in fact be the same mutation. Beautiful, whatever it is, don't you think? I apologize for the quality of the photos, I was catching myself spending more time staring at the snake then paying attention to lighting & settings on the camera.
