Hazard a guess?

[Shaky]

This snake was from a snow X Amber.
It hatched out looking hypo. I guess it is, but its difference from my other hypo is drastic.

 

[Shaky]

Coloration

I forgot to add that this snake is much yellower than I expected. The saddles are not orange, but brown, and the belly checks are pretty dark.
The top photo is closest to true.

 

[E. g. guttata]

I would venture to gess that it's a charcoal.

 

[PtDnsr]

I wouldn't say charcoal. A light caramel possibly? I don't have any caramels (I'm not sure about my so-called caramel so I'm not counting that) but it would be my best guess. That or hypo amel maybe? Who knows - pretty snake though.

~Katie

 

[E. g. guttata]

I wouldn't say charcoal. A light caramel possibly? I don't have any caramels (I'm not sure about my so-called caramel so I'm not counting that) but it would be my best guess. That or hypo amel maybe? Who knows - pretty snake though.

~Katie

LOL. That's what I meant. I guess I was on autopilot when I wrote that. LMAO!!

 

[PtDnsr]

LOL. That's what I meant. I guess I was on autopilot when I wrote that. LMAO!!

Hehe...I understand that. I only have class Mon, Wed, & Fri but this week I had something else to do and skipped all my Wed classes - my brain has been turned off all week! Not to mention it's almost Friday...

~Katie

 

[Joejr14]

If that snake is a caramel then i'm a Yeti.

 

[Serpwidgets]

If that snake is a caramel then i'm a Yeti.

Yeah but are you a yetti motley? :grin01:

 

[Shaky]

T'ain't no caramel.

It would be extremely odd if this were a caramel. It would be almost logistically impossible.
It's pretty much certainly hypo, but the reason I ask is that I've not seen a hypo this color.

 

[CAV]

Jack,

I've got a hypo that has similar yellowish coloration. It rather resembles a rosy rat. I'm hopping to breed him this spring to see if it is recessive or just weird. See you Saturday.

 

[Clint Boyer]

Some people say they can tell a snake is het caramel by it's color. I've found some to be more yellow in color but not all. It may be a case in which the Caramel gene is acting on this normal snake to influence to a more yellow coloration.

 

[Kat]

I'm voting for Clint's explaination. While the hypo is more yellow than a normal hypo, it's too reddish to be a caramel, by a long shot.

-Kat

 

[cornmorphs]

i agree too, lol. makes sense to me

 

[Susan]

We know that it is het caramel, which may be influencing the coloration. Were there any other hypos in the clutch? Is the snow known to be possibly het hypo? Or, this snake could just be a normal that doesn't have much red. I have an adult zigzag that has a similar coloration, and she is definately not het caramel. Her siblings had varying degrees of red as well. This is her with her much redder mate:

 

[Shaky]

Hypo comparison

These are the two hypos from the clutch that are left.
I just happened to hang onto these two-I dunno why.
The lighter one seems more like a Miami hypo.