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I love this snake. I took some outdoor shots yesterday to show off the melanin striping that's been developing over time.

Any thoughts on it?

Can we get a full body shot ?

I didn't get one yesterday, but here's hopefully one from a couple years ago.

I'm thinking with the yellow in and around the head and the faint striping you just might have a amel yellow rat or a cross with yellow rat [e.o. quadrivittata]

My w/c greenish ratsnake (quadrivitatta x obsoleta)morph has also developed melanin over time. He is not an albino in the common sense of the term as he does have melanin both in the markings and black pupils. T Positive? I really don't know, and those who have much more knowledge than myself tend to say this is not the case. At least it is a difficult call to make just by appearance. I have hets that will breed next spring. Interested in seeing what a hatchling looks like. He was around twenty inches long when I found him.

Godfrey, got pics as a juvie?
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Todd Hughes

This the oldest one I have. It is from '06 and is taken with a flash. You can see the evidence of his pattern which has since become much bolder.

That is an interesting trait-definitely more than a simple recessive trait there.
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Jack Jeansonne