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One of the pair.

is it genetic? I have two bloodreds that have a VERY similar head pattern that looks like Van Gogh's Scream painting.
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Sincerely,
Jason
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BOAS: 0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa, 1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas, 1.1 Argentine Boas, 2.2 Nicaraguans, 1.1 Sonoran Desert Boas, 1.1 Cay Caulkers, 1.0 Columbian Boa 100% het. Kahl Albino, 0.1 Anery Col. boa, 1.1 Hog Island Boas, 0.1 Hog Island Boa poss. het. patternless, PYTHONS: 1.2 Green Tree Pythons, 2.2 Bismarck Ringed Pythons, 2.8 Normal Ball Pythons, 1.0 Ball Python 100% het. Piebald, COLUBRIDS: 1.1 Black Pinesnakes, 1.1 Northern Pinesnakes, 2.2 Bairds Ratsnakes, 1.2 White-sided Black Ratsnakes, CORN SNAKES: 1.0 Blizzard, 1.2 Bloodreds, 1.2 Butters, 1.0 Ghost, 0.1 Sunglow, 1.0 Hypo het Amber, 1.1 Lavenders, 1.1 Miami Phases, 1.2 Reverse Okeetee, 0.1 Snow, 0.1 Striped Amel, 3.2 Okeetees

is this head pattern somehow linked to the genes associated with certain genetic lines of bloodred trait?
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Sincerely,
Jason
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My Website:
www.members.aol.com/northeastsnakes

BOAS: 0.1 Solomon Island Ground Boa, 1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas, 1.1 Argentine Boas, 2.2 Nicaraguans, 1.1 Sonoran Desert Boas, 1.1 Cay Caulkers, 1.0 Columbian Boa 100% het. Kahl Albino, 0.1 Anery Col. boa, 1.1 Hog Island Boas, 0.1 Hog Island Boa poss. het. patternless, PYTHONS: 1.2 Green Tree Pythons, 2.2 Bismarck Ringed Pythons, 2.8 Normal Ball Pythons, 1.0 Ball Python 100% het. Piebald, COLUBRIDS: 1.1 Black Pinesnakes, 1.1 Northern Pinesnakes, 2.2 Bairds Ratsnakes, 1.2 White-sided Black Ratsnakes, CORN SNAKES: 1.0 Blizzard, 1.2 Bloodreds, 1.2 Butters, 1.0 Ghost, 0.1 Sunglow, 1.0 Hypo het Amber, 1.1 Lavenders, 1.1 Miami Phases, 1.2 Reverse Okeetee, 0.1 Snow, 0.1 Striped Amel, 3.2 Okeetees

Carl,

Maybe your snakes came from the same lines as mine. One of the babies had a head that was totally white. It looked sick in my opinion, but was healthy. I think this blood line has on of the cleanest lack of pattern that I have seen, The picture doesn't do it justice, as it accentuates the saddle pattern. I don't see the skull pattern though?

Mark

The so-called "skull" head pattern is very common among bloodred hatchlings, and it is a part of the pattern mutation common to all animals that carry the pattern mutation gene, regardless of the coloration involved.

On the best examples, you can look at a picture of the top of a corn hatchling's head, with the nose pointed downward, and the patterning looks very much like a skull looking back at you.

It is one of the tell-tale marks of a bloodred (or related morph), and may even help in determining the quality of a particular specimen for some people.

Hope that helps some...
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Darin Chappell
Hillbilly Herps
PO Box 254
Rogersville, MO 65742

I have one that looks like the bust of abe lincoln, then others that look like atari guns and fireballs.
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My roomates are2 boas, 4 corns,Rotti,3cats and snake food AKA the food chain.

Just playing with ya...
Yeah it's part of the bloodred mutation, for reasons unknow, of course.
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Jeremy J. Anderson
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