or a tangerine?
Thanks
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Is this a normal albino honduran
pinkypie
Dec 02, 2011 07:24 PM
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DMong
Dec 02, 2011 09:47 PM
That is considered a "tangerine" by some, but it is really more of an intermediate "peach" color albino, between a tangerine and the tricolored phenotype.
Very nice, I have always liked them myself for their accentuating colors..
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
pinkypie
Dec 03, 2011 10:03 AM
Ive been looking over at the ads to try and get an idea of the diff. between the two and they seem to use the term "tangerine" loosely.I know he doesnt have the typical yellow stripes of an albino but isnt quite all one orange color like some of those ads...Anyway thanks.
If you were going to get a nice female to pair him up with should I go tangerine or just an albino.Im not a breeder but this guy is already over 4ft and he is just so awesome Id love to make more of him(LOL)
DMong
Dec 03, 2011 11:55 AM
Well, many years ago starting back in 1995, the only amel's that were initially available were the tricolors that were $3,000. As they became more commonly bred in collections and also became more affordable, more people started breeding in the tangerine phase into them for a much higher percentages of orange/tangerine coloration, and those went for a bit more money than the original light butter/yellow tricolors.
Anyway, I would probably breed it to a tangerine, because they are very affordable now and very commonly bred, and you can still pop out some variation within the clutch depending what the parents lineages are anyway.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
pinkypie
Dec 03, 2011 05:03 PM
You have some fantastic looking animals.
Ive had snakes off and on for years and for some reason have never really appreciated the milksnakes until now.
DMong
Dec 03, 2011 06:42 PM
Thanks!,....
Yes, there are all sorts of VERY cool milksnakes out there in the hobby, you just have to go to a good knowledgeable source to get subspecies other than "hobby Hondurans" or you risk not getting the REAL-DEAL!. There are 25 recognized subspecies, and many of them look very similar to some others, so you REALLY need to know exactly what you are looking at and get them from someone who KNOWS what they have as well. Lots of bogus crossed crap out there now days. Not just milks,....just about every kind of snake you could imagine.
Best of luck getting into these very cool snakes, many members here can help you get good quality stuff too.
cheers, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
