Amel with green tinged borders?
Is this just a Amel variation?
" alt="Image">
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
Amel?
shabob
Sep 09, 2008 12:02 AM
Replies (3)
DMong
Sep 09, 2008 09:38 AM
Your pic doesn't show up, but yes, a greenish tint where the melanin is absent is a fairly common occurrence in amels(albinos), and snows(anery x amel), etc...
Without seeing it, it's impossible to say if it involves a specific trait combination, or not, but it is more than likely a common variant of an amel.
I've seen amel corns with a greenish hue to their borders referred to as "Christmas" corns in the past, but unless this is a trait that is consistantly inheritable, and proved to be a very noticeable and repeatable trait, they are simply variations of amel corns in my opinion.
best regards, ~Doug
-----
"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
Jeff Tillis
Sep 09, 2008 09:53 AM
As Doug noted green does appear in some albino cornsnakes. I have a friend that was producing snow corns that ended up white and green between 1 & 2 years of age. They actually start out white & pink.
draybar
Sep 09, 2008 05:03 PM
>>Amel with green tinged borders?
>>Is this just a Amel variation?
>>
it is common
That one looks pretty good.
I see it more in snows but I have noticed the green borders pop up in a few reverse okeetees and typical amels as well.
-----
Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes
_____
