I would be interested in hearing your theories and speculation about the genes involved. How the heck that entire population of concinnus limited to a very tiny geographic area, end up being hypoanerythristic.


I didn't see a single normal snake among them. Doesn't sound recessive, so why such a limited area I wonder? I mean, you cannot deny something interesting is going on when all the snakes in that very limited area look like that, some even more faded and yet....

, normal snakes dominate the entire region and aren't far away from this population. There were a few that had a bit more normal coloration but still significantly different from snakes all over the same county/city looking like the one below but with varying area of spots and sometimes more orange on the head.



Something entirely different is going on in Benton county, OR. Another situation where that is the only very limited area throughout Oregon where these high-red (orange) concinnus with entirely orange heads can be found in the wild. I like them as much, if not more than some of the CB deep reds or others only found in captivity. Benton Co snake: