More Coral and Neon Pink

poppycorn · 05-07-07, 04:43 PM

These two won't be big enough to breed until next year but I thought the similarities (and differences!) were really interesting. The larger snake is a Peony, a female neon pink from Stephan Wagner, and the smaller is a male coral snow from Don Soderberg. The genetic background of these two are presumed to be the same as that of Blossom and Prince.

mary-beth · 05-08-07, 09:34 AM

The coral must be absolutely amazing because I can't tell it apart from the neon. Nice!

**cITrUS** · 05-08-07, 03:24 PM

Simply beautiful. If you ever feel bored you could do some close ups shots of the scales.

Thanks for sharing..

Denise

poppycorn · 05-09-07, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by mary-beth

The coral must be absolutely amazing because I can't tell it apart from the neon. Nice!

They ARE pretty similar. Which is why I am so curious to see what the pairing between the two gives me. Stephan has paired his neon line with other types of hypos and found them not compatable. I don't believe he has tried it with the SMR version of coral. I think the shades of pink are slightly different, and occur in different places on the snake. Since the coral color doesn't develop right away, it might be awhile before I find out what happened with the cross between Blossom and Prince.

Joni Garcia · 05-09-07, 09:59 PM

Gorgeous snakes!

poppycorn · 05-10-07, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by cITrUS

Simply beautiful. If you ever feel bored you could do some close ups shots of the scales.
Denise

Here ya go...taken outdoors in very bright shade, which really brings out the green.
This coral snow male is half-sibling to the one in the first picture.

**RobStevens** · 05-10-07, 06:54 PM

All i can say is Wow!

**Nanci** · 05-10-07, 08:23 PM

Wow, that last pic doesn't even look real! I've only seen that color in weird king hybrids! Amazing.

Nanci

Joanna · 05-10-07, 10:35 PM

Those close ups are awesome. When did their colors really start to show like that?

poppycorn · 05-12-07, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Joanna

Those close ups are awesome. When did their colors really start to show like that?

I'm not sure. It's been gradual. I am raising up two males with the same father but different mothers. The palest one originally is now the brightest but he is also the larger one. The smaller one looks like the colors are coming in just as bright if not more so. I have two adult females, one is a medium coral on white, the other is a pale mottled coral and green. The latter has the same parents as the smaller bright male, whose is featured in the scale shots. Seems that female corals don't have nearly the brightness potential as the males.

I didn't realize the green was there until some guys were fixing the back fence. They wanted to see the snakes but I didn't want to let them in the house so I brought some outside. The guy said "wow, really pretty, I like the green on him". I said "green? what green?" I asked Don Soderberg to check and there is no green on the parents at all.

The green borders don't show up well inside and can be hard to see outside also. To get that scale shot I walked all over the back yard with the snake. It showed up much better in some lighting conditions than others. Seems to need well-diffused bright but not too bright sunlight to show up best.