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I've only just now managed to find a sec to post a Ridleyi pic in response to Hurley's request, sorry it took so long, I figured I'd just start a new thread in case the old one got lost somewhere...

Here she was when I got her back in 02:

And one just taken the other day:

Thought it might be neat to see the diff...

I did see your question down there though, as far as the yellow striping goes, it's a locality trait as oppose to a morph, and as far as I know is inheritable much like an okeetee or miami phase of a corn.
Next you're going to ask what locality it is... racking my brain... can't remember off the top of my head, but do a search in the archives, there was a discussion on it in this forum a while back... might be a long while... not sure...
Hope this helps!!
Kris
in Mtl.

Wow, that one got LIGHT. Outstanding specimen.

Thank you for your reply. I suspected as much, but figured I would ask, just in case it was an "all or nothing" gene between the yellow stripers and the white stripers.

Thanks again!
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~~~Hurley

Imagine... my first reptile show... Young, impressionable, excited, never having seen that many reptiles in the same room before in my life...
I happen upon a table displaying Cooks Tree boas, mangrove snakes, and, what on earth could that be??? "It's a Ridleyi," Says Phil Blais, "Wanna hold him?"
I come around to the other side of the table, and he pulls out what must have been 9 feet of Ridleyi, his body even whiter (almost blond actually) than his daughter, posted above, white from his neck all the way down to his tail, no speckling, no shading. And tame as a kitten...
I think everyone has that one moment in their life that they knew, from then on, they were hooked... That was mine.

Thanks,
Kris
in Mtl.