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04-11-2008, 12:37 PM
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Re: Red-phase pickeringii
Alright! Alright! I promise I'll do it this weekend... even if I can't get them in sunlight, I'll take whatever pictures I can!
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04-12-2008, 07:21 AM
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Re: Red-phase pickeringii
Okay. You wanted photos, so I've taken a few.
 Please excuse the poor quality, the light is poor today so I had to resort to flash. There is a lovely iridescent 'petrol' sheen to the head, that gets lost in the photography.    
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04-12-2008, 07:38 AM
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Re: Red-phase pickeringii
Very pretty snake(s) James!
Lovely markings on that snake!
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04-12-2008, 07:56 AM
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Re: Red-phase pickeringii
Very nice, James and certainty an unusual morph for pickeringii's
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04-12-2008, 08:02 AM
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Re: Red-phase pickeringii
Hmmm. Honestly, that's not how I was picturing them. I wanted them to look just like the blue phase, with only black and red. Don't get me wrong, they are beautiful, of course. But there's something about only having the two colors that appeals to me, personally.
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04-12-2008, 08:30 AM
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I don't think they are particularly unusual, Sid. Mine are quite similar (maybe a little redder) to the specimen photographed in Rossmans' book, to illustrate the sub-species.
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04-12-2008, 08:36 AM
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Re: Red-phase pickeringii
I agree James...It might be that red ones are more unusual in the States then they are in Europe...We don't get to see a lot of blue ones around here...
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04-12-2008, 08:39 AM
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Re: Red-phase pickeringii
I might be tempted by the Blue Phase.... one day.
I think the reds, like mine, are actually the 'nominate form' for pickeringii.
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