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cobraman1 03-26-2012 08:08 AM

striped cottonmouth
 
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I just bought this little guy from a friend of mine. I have never seen a cotton that looks like this. Just wanted to share.

stolenheron 03-26-2012 09:09 AM

awesome pattern! is it WC or CB? it'd be very interesting if this guy's pattern was natural

cobraman1 03-26-2012 09:30 AM

It is a wc baby. Its eating pinkies though and doing well.

matt b 03-26-2012 10:23 AM

very nice! what area did it come from?

cobraman1 03-26-2012 10:39 AM

It was collected in FL near the panhandle, from what I gather.

stolenheron 03-26-2012 01:17 PM

thats awesome to hear. I've caught and seen gobs of cotton mouths over the years (about 50+ last summer alone), and I've never seen a "stripe" like that.

I've seen plenty of variable colors and a few odd banding patterns, but nothing like that.

cobraman1 03-26-2012 01:25 PM

Same here, Cottons are very common in SC and I have seen hundreds, but I havent seen one like this either. Its def a nice show piece and possibly a future breeding project.

stolenheron 03-26-2012 01:39 PM

my favorite "oddity" as far as cottonmouths go, was an EXTREMELY green individual that I found in Tuskegee National Forest. typical banded pattern but an amazingly strong olive color to it all.

cobraman1 03-27-2012 12:57 PM

I am curious as to what this guy is worth? I have talked to several people that are big into hots and weird stuff, but nobody has seen a cotton like this.
I have seen one or two of the greenish cottons and they are nice. I want an albino. lol

AlexNevgloski 04-27-2012 07:46 PM

It's interesting as an oddity, but I doubt it's worth much more than a normal patterned cottonmouth. The odds are very good that it's developmentally striped and not genetically striped. It would take quite some time (probably 6 years minimally) to find out if the striping is genetic (and assuming that striping in this cottonmouth is a simple recessive trait as it is in corn snakes). There is always a person out there who is willing to drop good money for an odd looking animal, so I'd try other reptile sites and see what happens.


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