Ruby, my emerald tree boa

I have to agree AOD. I love carpet pythons, and allot of the new color morphs. But there is something just majestic about the ETB's & GTP's.

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(06-22-2012, 09:07 PM)laurasav Wrote: OH MY GOSH!!! Seriously?!?! Now THAT is GORGEOUS!!! Okay, I don't feel bad anymore that she'll lose the red color! WOW!!!
There's snakes that stay red, yes? Trying to think....coral snakes, right? What's the most beautiful red snake out there? Okay, now I'm going to have to do a google search or something! I'm curious...

Too bad the shed scales don't stay that brilliant hue of what they were when on the body. I'll look up that thread on shed snake skins in a few minutes - thanks for the link.

Sorry Laura, I never answered your question

As far as snakes that stay that red into adulthood, there are a few vipers. There are various non-venomous snakes that are red, but most are more of a reddish brown our reddish orangey brown by adulthood. The one thing on my list, though they don't stay quite that red either, is a hypomelanistic bredls python, Morelia bredli . It's still unclear exactly how this trait is inherited, and there's only one pierson I know of in the U.S. that has any. (This is not my animal btw...)