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pitbulllady

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Figured I'd post some updated pics of some of this summer's babies, including the odd-colored "chocolaty" babies born to a very average, ordinary-looking wild-caught female from Aiken County, SC.

First up, the "chocolates":





Here's the mom, who as you can see, is pretty average; she was gravid when caught so I don't know what the "baby daddy" looked like:


Here's a trio of a "high-red" normal, a "chocolate" and a Cherry Hypo:



Some Cherry Hypo's:



A high-red normal:


A '09 male Anerythristic:


Adult female Oconee County locale high-red Midland(Nerodia sipedon pleuralis):


Juvenile male RED-phase Florida Green(Nerodia floridiana):


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pavel

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Love those high reds and that red male is fantastic! Will he be likely to keep his color after he reaches maturity?
 

pitbulllady

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Love those high reds and that red male is fantastic! Will he be likely to keep his color after he reaches maturity?
Yes, the FL Green red-phase snakes stay red and actually get redder. It is a natural morph that occurs in southern FL.

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LeilaNami

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Those look superb! By the way, pitbulllady, that flavigaster you gave me advice for is doing wonderfully and has grown quite a bit!
 

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Those look superb! By the way, pitbulllady, that flavigaster you gave me advice for is doing wonderfully and has grown quite a bit!
Good to hear that! Keep spreading the love for this genus!

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