Have you noticed...

[Mommy2many]

I have noticed that out of my squiggles, it appears that my males are the most colorful. (Which is typical of the male in most species).


Have any of you noticed the same in your litters? Just curious.:D

[guidofatherof5]

I can't say I've seen that. I have more(in numbers) beautiful females only because they are the largest group on the Ranch.
I think the beauty is equally spread out.:D

[mustang]

well all i can say is im 99% sure checker's a male hes got some bright colors (dont think iv posted a pic of him before his shin darkens)

[ConcinusMan]

Nope. Never noticed that. Males, females, northwesterns, concinnus, they all pretty much look the same regardless of sex.

[kibakiba]

I've found that they're equal. My snakes only have some basic colours, but all of them are beautiful. Mama is dark brown with darker brown little spots, white stripe ans tw tan stripes on the side, snakey is the same but he's black with a reddish orange stripe. I'd say both are pretty, but in terms of colour, Mama has little compared to snakey, but ive caught many females that were colourful, more so than males!

[ConcinusMan]

Unlike what is the case with birds, color plays no role in sex for snakes, therefore, their is no sexual differences. Color and pattern for snakes is purely for defense from predators, and to hide from prey.

The stripes themselves serve to fool predators. It has the effect of making the snake look longer than it is, so that when predators go to grab a fleeing garter, they often end up going for too far behind the snake, allowing it to escape. Red spots on the sides also serve a similar purpose and as unlikely as it might seem, even bright orange spots really help to camouflage a concinnus in vegetation by breaking up the outline of the snake.