Amel Female - Regular Amel or A Fire?

[carnivorouszoo]

I caught the joke You would be surprised how many people don't care about the risks that exsist with cohabbing that don't apply to singly housed snakes. PM sent

 

[onelifetolive45]

I won't jump all over you, simply because you have said you know you shouldn't be co-habbing. However I will say this, the next time you plan on getting more animals be sure you ALREADY have a place to put them. The animal should always be the very LAST thing that you buy. That being said, good luck.

 

[Floof]

Glad to hear you're going to separate them all--I was concerned about that, too.

Anyway, I have to agree that this one is just an amel motley. There's too much variance to look at any two or three photos and say "my snake doesn't look like that, so it can't be"... (Unless you're comparing your amel to two or three photos of anery, lol!)

Here, to give you a small idea of the extreme variation in Amels. These two are from the same clutch--Same parents, same hatchday, same genetics, same everything. Both are plain old Amels, both are het for Caramel and Stripe.

The variation in this single clutch is amazing. To pick the two best representations of that variation is difficult; these two just best show the coloration extremes (ranging from yellow-orange to brilliant red).

Pic 1--#10 (Taken in January, 6 mo. "hatchday")
Pic 2--#4 (Taken in January, 6 mo. "hatchday")
Pic 3--#4 and a different snake, #3, for a direct color comparison. (Taken in October, 3 mos. old)
(Keep in mind, these are just '09s, so their adult colors haven't come in yet. They're certainly nothing to compare adults to!)