Coloring

[Selkielass]

'Flame' easterner are a line of high red easterner that were developed by one person by simple selection— breed together the highest reds you can find and the results will be some even redder babies.

He sold some of his ' flames' to others and you will see flames from many breeders now. Hi flames show lots of red' low flames less intensity but they turn up in the same litters. Hi flames have the beset chance of producing more highly colored babies if I understand correctly.

[EasternGirl]

I have several easterns...my small male is very brown with black checkering. My large female is a light tannish/green color...she kind of looks tan sometimes, green sometimes, and brown before a shed. She also has a little red in between the scales. My babies all look exactly like my big female, their mama. My new rescue snake is a very light tan...he/she looks green at times too. These are all from Delaware.

[lauwersp]

So... the interesting thing about the orange in the snakes is this... they were born from a mama garter that was found in the wild in northern Michigan. I have to tell you I think there is no way possible that she mated with a snake that was bred in captivity. My parents property (where she was found) is 10 acres of land on Lake Michigan generally sounded by a light population of retirees mainly.

So all these scrubs are all "natural."

[Steveo]

Flame is a natural morph found in Canada. Some have worked to produce better color, but it was not created in captivity.

[guidofatherof5]

Flame is a natural morph found in Canada. Some have worked to produce better color, but it was not created in captivity.

I believe Dr. Blais was the first to find them.

[ConcinusMan]

So all these scrubs are all "natural."

All morphs are. Well, let me clarify. We only take the genes / morphs already present in nature and work with that. For example, a "snow" wouldn't occur in nature, but both morphs needed to produce a snow are from nature. They occur naturally. We can only artificially select for genes that already occur naturally.

[Stefan-A]

For example, a "snow" wouldn't occur in nature,

Except by coincidence.

[ConcinusMan]

OK, anything's possible but the odds of it happening are astronomical.