Anery A or B??

[batmand]

Hi.. Im not sure if this anery is a or b, how can I see the difference??

 

[Serpwidgets]

It's an anery.

Who did you buy it from? Where? And how was it labeled?

 

[batmand]

I bought it from a private person in Denmark and it was only sold as a Anery motley

 

[Serpwidgets]

Yep, there's no reason to believe it's a charcoal. I would say anery. Is it a female?

 

[batmand]

bought it as a male, but it could turn out otherwise..

 

[gnarhimself]

Hi.. Im not sure if this anery is a or b, how can I see the difference??

Anery "A"
What i was taught (correct me if im wrong please)

The difference between Anery "A" & an Anery "B" is the yellow markings along the dorsal sides of the snake
Anery "B",as (AFAIK) can develope the yellow dorsals,but its not as defined as the Anery "A" critters.


Nice Critter! :wavey:

 

[PtDnsr]

The yellow indicator isn't a good way of telling an anery snake from a charcoal one. There are some anery snakes with no yellow and some charcoal ones with yellow. The only way to know for sure is to do test breedings to find out.

~Katie

 

[Serpwidgets]

The difference between Anery "A" & an Anery "B" is the yellow markings along the dorsal sides of the snake
Anery "B",as (AFAIK) can develope the yellow dorsals,but its not as defined as the Anery "A" critters.

The key difference is that an anery A is homozygous for the anery mutant at the anery locus, and a charcoal is homozygous for the charcoal mutant at the charcoal locus.

I have seen some comments stating that if the amount of yellow changes on a snake as it grows, the snake can start out as type A and become type B, or vice versa. It's important to note that anery and charcoal are two different and independent genes, and that the genotype of a snake does not change over its lifetime.

For a long time, the amount of yellow was used as an indicator. But both lines have been so heavily outcrossed in all directions that the amount of yellow is no longer a good way to tell which "type" the snake is. If you can't tell by visual identification then breeding trials are necessary. (Visual ID is generally possible if you've seen enough of them, and the key lies in the quality of the ground and saddle colors, not the amount of yellow.)

 

[kimbyra]

If you bought an Anery (which is the usual name for an Anery A), then you probably have an Anery, not a Charcoal (Anery B). It looks like a nice Anery Motley, so there is no reason to believe otherwise. I have several anerys, and some don't have any yellow, so far. Nice snake! :cheers:

 

[Drizzt80]

I think to add to what PtDnsr and Serp have stated . . . about the yellow. I seem to have noticed that the yellow that shows up on the Charcoal's (and Blizzards) is more of a light, pastel lemony/canary yellow, while the yellow that shows up on the Anery's is more of a deep, 'thick', mustardy yellow.

I'd have to agree that it looks like a pretty nice Anery Motley.

D80