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i have a 19 month old that changed colors almost overnight about 4 weeks ago.he now has really nice coloration,lime green with a full robins egg blue wide stripe that goes right down his back,and he also has blue bars on his ribs as well.all around very nice manakawari.my question is,is he now done changing?? and he will keep these exact colors his whole life? or do they tend to gain/lose blue markings as they mature a bit more?i have noticed that along with the blue stripe and vertical blue bars,hes now getting quite a bit of white dotting like that of an aru.could this not be a manakawari?and maybe be an aru? to tell you the truth,he looks exactly like all the manakawaris on the bushmaster site,the exact same blue markings,the only difference is that the manakawaris have no white at all and mine has quite a bit.im now thinking that maybe hes an aru/manakawari cross. do any arus have bright blue stripes running down their spines? i have never seen any like that,if so maybe its full aru..ill try and get a pic up soon.

once you get the pic up it will help us alot... you can tell alot about a snake by its apperiance...

some of them do have white... and i have an Aru that has blue all the way down his back... but an Aru has a really easy to identify head shape and tail...

with this shake coming from Bushmaster you might never know what it really is... i have seen several crosses that you cant tell that they were crossed...

Good luck and get that pic up...

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Shiloh Hawkesworth
kansas
(Midwest Serpents)

Man that's a great picture Shiloh! Love it!

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