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Opal differences ??

Lilou

Lilou

Italian sweetie ^.^
Hi guys!
I have 3 opal cornsnakes, 1.2. They are 2008 babies, and have the same lenght, for now.
..well..
Shed after shed, i can see that the male is changing colour, among the females. He has got a base pale orange, and saddles are a pale pink.
The females, instead, are changing the base from pink to white, and saddles are pink.
The pics are not so good, I'm sorry.. I've tried to not use the flash because i didn't want to change colours. I hope that someone could delucidate me :)

The male is the one under. The other is one of the females. The pic is not so bright, but I hope you can see the "orange" near the heads, underlining that they are both opals. :)
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Comparing tails.. male is on the right
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..male on top
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..male's tail
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what do you think about them?
The male is 66% possible het aneryA, hypoA, motley/striped
Females are both 50% possible het aneryA, hypoA, motley/striped.
maybe there's something else under!
 
I don't have a comment on the color differences, except in general I thought they were hatched a pale orangish color with white saddles and flip flopped to adults with a whitish background and pale peach saddles.

But you can sure see the lavender influence in both of your snakes!!
 
Yes, I know that they will be white as adults, and i'm following this chromatic changes..
What is strange, is the difference. I've thought that the male could be an hypo, but maybe he could have been more orange? o.o
 
From my experience, lavender appears to be a sex-influenced trait as far as color expression goes towards the pinkish end of the spectrum. My male lavs show more pink tones as compared to the females. The same for my opals. Female opals appear white, with extremely faint spots of pinkish/orange, while the male is still white, but the pink/orange spots are more apparent/pronounced (which makes it easy to visually tell male from female after breeding).


Without male lavs/opals are easily mistaken for being hypo (because of the difference with females -- but I have seen lav/opal females that express these colors brighter than other females
 
I agree that the males of any morph that is homozygous lavender tend to be peachier than the females, and your male is fairly typical of the opals I've seen. I am a bit surprised to see the saddles of the female so dark and distinct, even for a young opal. I like it and will eagerly await progression photos of them!
 
I agree, both are gorgeous but the saddles on the female are particularly striking. Please keep us updated as they grow and shed!
 
Hi everybody!
This morning I catched my opal female doing her shed, and I decided to make some pictures to show you her chromathic change after 3,5 months from the first pictures. She's so beautiful, and so strange! What do you think? :)

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Nothing to say about the color differences, but they sure are beautiful...another to add to the list of "wish I had more room/money for"! Thanks for sharing!
 
She's got lots of color for a female! With luck, she'll keep some of it into adulthood.
 
I wouldn't think the girl would be hypo. Now I am no expert but I would assume that the hypo would not really do a lot here because amel should mask the hypo gene. This follows the same argument that Coral snows are hypos but we have proven otherwise in some lines. But really that is an awsome snake there. Cant wait to see my opal get to adulthood.
 
They're beautiful! I really like all the opals I've seen. If I only had a reptile room......

Keep your progression pictures coming, please. It's interesting to see the male and the female in the same thread, and to watch them grow. Thanks for sharing.
 
That is a stunning girl, and your male is gorgeous too! Please post updates on all of them!
 
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