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04-27-11, 05:23 PM
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Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
One of the interesting quirks of Brazilians as a subspecies is their tendency to “lose” the color on their sides late in the day, an effect many keepers refer to as “whitewalling.” Under this effect, the color of the sides fades to an almost ghostly white.
Following are two recent, and rather dramatic, examples of this behavior. For each, I show the snake as it usually looks during the day, and then a late-day shot with whitewalls.
Drake, Day
Drake, Night
Ghandi, Day
Ghandi, Night
As with so many things about these snakes, fascinating stuff!
Thank you looking,
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04-27-11, 05:26 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
i really like how the red fades to white half way down their sides. their colors are awesome.
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04-27-11, 05:49 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
That is amazing!!! Makes me want one even more tho!
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04-27-11, 06:36 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
Thats amazing, is it lighting or do the pigments themselves change?
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04-27-11, 10:39 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
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Originally Posted by stephanbakir
Thats amazing, is it lighting or do the pigments themselves change?
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it's not the lighting, it's he scale pigments.
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04-27-11, 11:32 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
Thats crazy awesome
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04-28-11, 02:33 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
It is indeed a cool feature of this species, and (as sickvenom noted) caused by scale pigments rather than lighting.
Thanks for all the interest!
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04-28-11, 03:20 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
Cool i never notice it before. Now i'll have to check mine out before i go to bed tonight.
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04-28-11, 04:02 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
oh wow, that's awesome! Why does that happen? Does it have something to do with how they live in the wild?
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04-28-11, 06:51 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
My best guess is thermoregulation. Dark during the day to absorb heat, light during the night to keep it.
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04-28-11, 06:54 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
wow, that's very interesting! is it only BRB's that do that?
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04-28-11, 09:19 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
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Originally Posted by Snakesitter
My best guess is thermoregulation. Dark during the day to absorb heat, light during the night to keep it.
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that's the theory, but i don't believe it's ever been proven.
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04-28-11, 09:26 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
Either way its cool as hell
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04-28-11, 09:30 PM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
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Originally Posted by Wolfus_305
wow, that's very interesting! is it only BRB's that do that?
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as far as i know - yes. but there are other species that can change other colors. there's actually a 'chameleon' snake from borneo.
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04-29-11, 09:18 AM
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Re: Metachrosis (aka “Whitewall”) Pictures
my irian jaya's do the same mate my friends bredl seem to change colour at night as well
with the irian's their silver grey day colours on their pattern turns to a beautifull light lavender at night their yellow also lightens up a lot
the Oenpelli python of australia is a chocolate brown at night it turns to a light grey colouration
i would love to work with these rare pythons
cheers shaun
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