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From SMR Thanks Don.

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Some of my best friends are snakes
Snakes Rule

I have a corn that was originally advertised as Charcoal, then someone told the seller, before I received the animal, that it was a "normal" Anery. I didn't mind, I still wanted the snake. But seeing this picture confuses me! It looks like you stole my snake and snapped a picture of her! What are the differences between Charcoal and Type "A" Anery?

I've attached a picture of Hera, but this is when I got her, she's developed a LOT of color since then, as this photo was taken in October

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~Sasheena

They are also usually lighter in color, more like a grayish silver. My Anery A female didn't have much yellow when she was smaller, but as she is growing she is developing a little more, down her sides. I don't have a good pic to show this, but if yours is anery a, which she looks like in the pic, you will notice the yellow starting to develop as she grows. Hope this helps.

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SpardaWolf
18 Corns,4 Ratsnakes, 1 Ball Python
North American Ratsnake Addict
"Always Learning"

Charcoals do not necessarily have little or no yellow (though a good many of them still lack it). There have been instances of charcoals with large amounts of yellow.

Furthermore, the assertation that charcoals are lighter is even more wrong. Charcoals are as varied as Anery As are. You can get light ones and dark ones...

The best way I've found to determine charcoal vs anery A, is to look at how much contrast there is between saddles and background. Anery As have sharp contrast. Charcoals tend to have low contrast.

This girl here is a definite charcoal.

-Kat

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"You keep WHAT in your freezer?"
"Mice. And rats. If that bothers you, I can call them 'cows' instead."

I guess I still have alot to learn about color morphs.
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SpardaWolf
18 Corns,4 Ratsnakes, 1 Ball Python
North American Ratsnake Addict
"Always Learning"

Nice looking Charcoal! I love the pink tones. Is he/she het for bloodred or come from bloodred lines?
Looks alot like the snake below did as a hatchling. (Don S suspects he is het for bloodred.)

Please post updated pics as he/she grows. Thanks

BB

Here is a pic Don from SMR gave me to explain the difference between the A's and B's..the B's being the Charcoals.
Hope it helps...they are very distinctive at birth.
Nancy

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Some of my best friends are snakes
Snakes Rule

Sorry

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Some of my best friends are snakes
Snakes Rule

To me the big difference between the two, is that the anery is more "Black and white" as a hatchling, and the charcoal is more "silver and dark brownish black" .... or is there something else I'm missing. My computer here at work habitually shows things much darker than my computer screen at work, so it could be I'm missing something.

The biggest thing I saw in the photograph that started this discussion was that the Charcoal almost looked like my ghost... thin darker boundaries to the saddles, lighter saddles, almost but not quite like the ghost. If I had my two girls Anery and Ghost out together I know which one is which, but if I am just looking at the anery, I'm always wondering if I'm looking at the ghost. (I kept them together for a few months until one decided to eat the other, then I separated them....literally!)
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~Sasheena