Snake Colours

[0Spudly0]

Why Do Snakes Get Darker Near Their Tails?
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The Spudd

 

[0Spudly0]

Buump

 

[0Spudly0]

Bippity Bump

 

[kezzza]

Hey man I ain't sure at all just wondering wat bump means

 

[0Spudly0]

haha its so u can put ur thread at the top of the list

 

[Perkele]

it's usually what people do when they want attention after their thread has lost momentum... like after a few weeks or months. not 10 minutes

 

[kezzza]

Oh ok thx guys

 

[mattlewis]

Interested too, my Jungle, although very young is quite dark towards the tail. I have been wondering if she'll lighten up or if it is more to do with their parentage.

 

[Lovemydragons]

I don't think it'll lighten up. I only have bredlis, so not too familiar with jungles etc, but I do know they get darker as they get older.

 

[jack]

it is an interesting question, and i have been racking my brain for an answer. clearly morelia have evolved to have different markings on the tail end (eg bredli with a lot of black, diamonds with brighter yellows), but i cannot fathom how this has been selected for...

whilst pondering this i came up with another question:
why do so many species have barred lips?
it must have some significance because you see it in such a variety of distantly related species.

 

[gunny]

Rough scaled pythons get lighter at the tail end as do alot of scrubbys

 

[Perko]

My BHP's are darker at the front