Snake of the Day 06-15-17

Show & Tell

 As I have stated several times in the past, RF usually causes not only an overall pink wash, but almost always turns otherwise black blotches to brown on males (the opposite of virtually all females that maintain their black markings).  ToDAY’s featured corn is actually a female, so I’m pleased that the Red Factor expression is so strong, but in opposition to most males with this genotype, females usually maintain their black blotches.  This surely isn’t an impact from the RF mutation, since Aneries are largely gender dimorphic (males and females have a predominantly different phenotype). See pic 2 of this daily feature for a demonstration of the color distinction between adult Anery males and females.