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Melanistic or high contrast?

LordDreyfus Aug 10, 2010 08:24 AM

Picked these two females up at a local petstore. The saddles are the closest to true black that I've ever seen on a normal phase kenyan. This pic compares them to my "mystery" guy.

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Travis Rose
0.1 Normal Kenyan
2.3 High Orange Kenyans
0.2 High Orange Albino Kenyans
0.1 Anery Kenyan
1.2 High White Anery Kenyans
1.1 Yellow Snow Kenyan
0.1 Paradox Snow Kenyan
0.1 Paradox Albino Kenyan
2.3 Rough Scale Sand Boas
1.2 Indian sand boas
X.X Nervous Rats
X.X Paranoid Mice
0.3 Dogs
0.2 Cats
X.X Fish
0.1 Very understanding wife
2.0 Future Snake Lovers

Replies (4)

LordDreyfus Aug 10, 2010 08:25 AM

Here is a closeup. Don't know what to think of them yet. That tail is pretty wild.

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Travis Rose
0.1 Normal Kenyan
2.3 High Orange Kenyans
0.2 High Orange Albino Kenyans
0.1 Anery Kenyan
1.2 High White Anery Kenyans
1.1 Yellow Snow Kenyan
0.1 Paradox Snow Kenyan
0.1 Paradox Albino Kenyan
2.3 Rough Scale Sand Boas
1.2 Indian sand boas
X.X Nervous Rats
X.X Paranoid Mice
0.3 Dogs
0.2 Cats
X.X Fish
0.1 Very understanding wife
2.0 Future Snake Lovers

SandBoaMorphs Aug 10, 2010 10:17 AM

All three look like a dime a dozen, I'll take them off your hands if you'd like!
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Mark Huntley
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7.16 Anery
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2.2 Yellow Snow
0.1 Splash Albino
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3.0 High Orange Stripe
1.0 Yellow Stripe
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1.1 On the fence in-laws
2.1 Rug Rats

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keego73 Aug 11, 2010 03:30 PM

That's the actual tail?!?
In the first picture, I just assumed it was a stuck shed.. That is wild

CBH Aug 10, 2010 05:22 PM

I wouldn't consider them melanistic, but they are cool. I really like your mystery snake. I hope that proves out to be something genetic.

Nice finds!
Chris
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