Both of the parent species, actually all NA Agkistrodon have the yellow or white tails as newborns. The lower photo in the original post is of the offspring from the breeding shown. Florida Cottonmouth X Southern Copperhead. Here's a photo of an adult male from the same pair of parents (taken by my good friend Mardi Snipes)

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• Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Horridus, Thu Jul 5 08:26:55 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - tmshaffer, Thu Jul 5 10:13:53 2007
• Horridus..., - FRoberts, Thu Jul 5 15:51:03 2007
• RE: Horridus..., - Horridus, Fri Jul 6 10:54:09 2007
• RE: Horridus..., - FRoberts, Fri Jul 6 12:37:38 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - BGF, Thu Jul 5 17:55:20 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Horridus, Fri Jul 6 10:57:30 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - goregrind, Fri Jul 6 08:13:27 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Horridus, Fri Jul 6 11:01:54 2007
• Horridus....??? - FRoberts, Fri Jul 6 13:41:56 2007
• RE: Horridus....??? - Horridus, Sat Jul 7 11:06:20 2007
• cantils... - FRoberts, Sat Jul 7 14:21:58 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Uk_Hybrids, Fri Jul 6 14:53:09 2007
• F2 Generation in the works - REPTILE4U, Sat Jul 7 21:28:23 2007
• RE: F2 Generation in the works - Horridus, Thu Jul 12 10:39:29 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - ajfreptiles, Wed Jul 11 22:12:56 2007
• Thank you to everyone! np - Horridus, Thu Jul 12 10:40:03 2007