Re: Melanism in snakes . . > little long

Posted by sbogill on January 13, 2003 at 15:31:55:

In Reply to: Melanism in snakes . . > little long posted by terryp on January 13, 2003 at 11:56:14:

:They have black rat snakes that are black at birth and don't
:darken so to speak and they have black rat snakes that are
:lighter at birth and will darken with age.

Bravo. Nice observation. Here are a couple of pictures of neonate black rats from the same locality which look very different. The pictures were taken in nothern Christian County back in the late summer of '01 within a couple of weeks of each other and within a couple of miles as the crow flies. I would venture to say that the darker one could possibly grow up to be lighter than other. I'm not saying that it would definitely happen that way, but just that it well could.

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• Thanks for the pics and comments , , ,> terryp 01/13/03 (8)
  • Random wanderigns about melanistic snakes.. sbogill 01/13/03 (0)
  • Interesting topic, Terry....> Terry Cox 01/13/03 (6)
    • I was hoping to ge a repsonse . . .> terryp 01/13/03 (2)
      • Melanistic populations of black rats, etc, continued (long) Terry Cox 01/14/03 (0)
      • Gotta run....> Terry Cox 01/13/03 (0)
    • Re: Interesting topic, Terry....> Phil Peak 01/13/03 (2)
      • Re: Interesting topic, Terry....> Terry Cox 01/14/03 (1)
        • Re: Interesting topic, Terry....> Phil Peak 01/14/03 (0)

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