do snakes see in color?

[Minkness]

I was tbinking that it would be very neat to have a brightly colored snake such as an asian vine or a green grass snake in an enclosure with very dark, fake plants. Things like a black back ground, dark purple/magenta plants, black/brown climbing sticks or rocks.

I wonder if that set up will be ok to showcase that lovely bright green beauty, or, would being so 'visible' even with alot of coverage, be stressful on the animal?

Same would go for brightly colored aboreal lizards.

I know 'natural' or 'sanitized' looks are generally preferred, but was just wondering how this would affect the inhabitant.

[RAD House]

As most snakes prefer to be in dark places I don't think it would be an issue. As long as a snake is secure, well fed, and warm I don't think it gives a damn what color the leaves are.

[sirtalis]

@mesocorney, same. Most snakes are also nocturnal so i doubt that they care about color, i believe the diurnal snakes are more into their preys motion so once again color wouldn't matter. This is just my uneducated guess, but i think it sounds awesome.

[Albert Clark]

No, snakes do not see in or distinguish colors. They do possess a combination of light receptors, rods, that provide low light but fuzzy vision and cones, that produce clear images. Vision varies among species though.

[drumcrush]

Thought this was interesting. I usually use this site and a couple others for research projects.

Reptile Vision (http://www.anapsid.org/sight.html)

[Minkness]

Oh wow! Thanks for that link. It was indeed an interesting read!