Does anyone have pictures of an albino copperhead? Im sure they occur, just never seen one. Skinner
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albino copperhead?
skinner
Jul 17, 2003 01:02 AM
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michaelb
Jul 17, 2003 04:39 AM
Couldn't find a picture, but a net search turned up the next best thing: A reference to a book that contains a picture of one. Try
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/ecoview/Eco17.htm
Sounds like an interesting book!
gila7150
Jul 17, 2003 07:39 AM
Unfortunately, the photo of the albino in Bechtel's book is just a head and neck shot. It's kind of hard to tell from that photo whether the animal is a true albino or just a really exceptional hypomelanistic copperhead. If you're a copperhead fan, there are also photos of melanistic, striped and patternless copperheads.
It's a good book though. The striped timber rattlesnake and axanthic EDB are some of my favorites from this book.
Chris
