Adult Hypo Tangerine Honduran?

[Pogie]

Anyone by chance have a photo of an adult? Just looking to see what they look like when adults Thanks!

[reptiledude987]

Mines still a sub-adult but looks exactly the same as the day I got her. Except size of course. Colour hasnt changed at all.

[prairiepanda]

Yeah, hondos don't really change much. Their neck kind of disappears, so that their body just kind of tapers away down to the snout rather than the well-defined head that babies have. The colour doesn't change much, but the oranges might seem less fluorescent on an adult. Still very bright, though. I've seen quite a few, though I don't have pictures. Looking at babies gives you a really good idea of what they will look like as adults.

The only exception would be morphs that have white banding on them(so not the hypo tangerine), as the whites tend to become yellow over time.

[Pogie]

Ok, thank you both
I am going to go look at one this weekend. Still on the fence about it however. You know the pooping thing rotfl.

[reptiledude987]

My hondo Is one of my favorites. Theyre great. Shes also my garbage disposal for smaller feeders that anyone else rejects as shes just an eating machine.

[Pogie]

How is her attitude? I love their colors.

[reptiledude987]

Shes great not nippy at all. A bit flighty so it will give you a challange with photos lol. Overall great temperment and cant say enough that shes an eating machine!

[Pogie]

Thanks for the info! Anything else you can throw in there about them please do
This is helping me make up my mind on the one I'm going to go check out this week end lol. I like talking to folks who actually own something and give me personal experience with a particular animal. I know they can be different in their own way but still it helps.

[reptiledude987]

Only other thing I can add is that theyre quite active but thrive in solitude. Mine really dosent like being handled much. But shes beautiful and I love watching her explore her enclosure.

I feel the same way about new additions and am hoping for some feedback on the angry blood python I'm bringing home tonight.

[Charis]

I really like ours, we have one male 2012 hatch "Hypo Tangerine." I know very little about their morphs and find them a little confusing, since I've seen a number called that that look just like ours and then I've seen others that were also called Hypo Tangerines and look really different from ours.

He was a little flighty as a baby but has pretty much completely outgrown that, has never musked or struck or even looked like he was going to strike. Very nice temperament!

Here is some older outdoor pictures of him, he's probably about 2 years old in these.





And then some newer indoor ones from about 8 months or so ago.







I'd say he has gotten a bit of an over wash of melanin but not bad, he's still pretty bright.

This is a baby picture.

[Albert Clark]

Extremely vibrant! Great looking reptile.

[prairiepanda]

"Hypomelanistic" doesn't describe an exact appearance. It means the animal has fewer melanophores, or produces less melanin(black pigment) than a typical animal. In the case of these Hondurans, that could mean having very pale almost white stripes rather than black, but it could also mean having just slightly less of a dark overcast than a normal type, which makes the oranges more vivid. The term "hypomelanistic" includes everything within that spectrum.

Gorgeous snake, by the way!