differnce between sexes of snakes?

[skunk]

are male snakes nicer looking than females ? ie haev brighter colours?
do they grow bigger or smaller than females ? what about temprement ? does the sex have anything to do with it ?

i ask this coz with fish, (yes, im a big fish head) like most african cichlids, the male tends to be larger hten the females & has nicer colours !

does this work the same way with snakes ?

cheers

[Already_Gone]

females tend to get bigger...

[serpenttongue]

As Already gone said, females do tend to get bigger probably because they're the ones laying eggs. Males tend to stay a little slimmer than females. There's no difference in colour or pattern with snakes. As far as i know sex has nothing to do with temperament.

[Hix]

Originally Posted by serpenttongue

There's no difference in colour or pattern with snakes.

There is the occassional exception, for instance Wagler's Pit Viper. But we don't have to worry about them here.

Originally Posted by serpenttongue

As far as i know sex has nothing to do with temperament.

In reptiles anyway!



Hix