Show & Tell
This pattern variation (partially exhibiting disorderly dorsal Tessera pattern) is becoming more common in Tesseras these past few years. This 2016 Extreme Okeetee Tessera will be largely black and gray as an adult, but some red will be visible in parts of its pattern zones. Note the barely visible brown on the lower jaw line and also on the ventro-lateral markings just above the ventral heel (aka: ventral keel–where belly meets sides). The lack of pattern color (red) to this degree in Tesseras is still rare in the hobby, so we actually hope to one DAY produce non-Anerythristic Tesseras with NO red. Will they be more beautiful than classic Tesseras will be judged in the eye of the beholder, but in the breeding of most hobby serpents the goal has always been to take certain pattern and/or color aspects to absolute extremes. Call it–if you will–a challenge?