Snake of the Day 01-20-13

This male 2011 Sunglow Motley is 36″ long and eating frozen/thawed small adult mice. His parents are a Coral Salmon Motley x Het for Coral Snow motley.  He has not been cooled in preparation for the 2013 breeding season (rarely if ever necessary for males), but there is still time to do that. Some of his siblings included Coral Snow Motleys. The Red Mask / Red Factor gene mutation is surely responsible for the deep red tones in his markings and ground-color zones.