Yup--another king

[crimsonking]

This is a really nice colored little snake. Should be very nice as adult too. Heterozygous for axanthic and possible 2x het/ ghost, so we'll just wait and see.

[crimsonking]

a more normally colored sibling.(in shed) Same genetics and possibilities.

[Burmies]

I really like the colours in the snakes, the orange spots make it freaky to look at.

Burmies

[Ace]

Looks real nice ;) . I have a question though. The adults are so much different looking, what do you look for in a neonate to know what the adults are going to look like? (besides the genetics)

[crimsonking]

As you know, most of the red will lighten up or go away alltogether. I look for early lightening between the bands as an indicator that the snake will be brighter as an adult. I like a high number of bright, distinguishable crossbands (the more the better to me) with as few broken ones as possible. There are a few on both of these guys.Also as in the first when compared to the 2nd, the "black" is already lighter. As a rule these guys will not get darker, so you have an idea which ones will be what you're looking for.

[BoidKeeper]

Very nice!
Cheers,
Trevor

[Ace]

Thanks for the insight Mark, I gotta try to remember that ;)

[crimsonking]

here's an older one. Although he's in his pre-shed you can see the over all lightening. This particular snake has retained a lot of his juvenile colors.

[Ace]

Very nice, you wouldn't happen to have a full string of pics showing the the color change from hatchling to adulthood, would ya? :D

[marisa]

wow they look like some sort of candy bar

marisa

[Vanan]

Hey Mark! Question for you. Ever noticed that there's a tendency for male brooksi to be lighter than females? Whaddya think about that?

[crimsonking]

here's an adult.

[crimsonking]

..I'm not sure I've noticed any correlation in sex and colors in Brook's. There may very well be, I just have not paid that much attention I guess. I'll have to start looking more closely. In this pic are two different snakes.

[Ace]

Thanks again Mark, It just amazes me how much they do change growing up. :D

[Andy_G]

I like the change they undergo. It is very interesting to me.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Great pics Mark! Of my two, the female is getting lighter much faster than the male.

Mark, do you have any pics of a ghost brooksi?

[marylyn101]

SO PRETTY!