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04-15-2010, 03:54 PM

I haven't been involved with the beauty snakes for quite a few years, but to the best of my knowledge there has been no morphs of the taiwan beauty specifically.
The taiwans are a subspecies of a larger group though and morphs of some of the other subspecies have been found such as albino and calico, and a couple of others.
When I was keeping them they were in the genus Elaphe. The genus has been changed I do believe, but I still refer to them by that name out of habit.
Taiwans are Elaphe taeniurus friesi. I do not remember exactly, but I believe the albinos were either the Chinese Beauty snakes (E.t.taeniurus), or the Mocquard's Beauty Snake (E.t.mocquardi)

I have no experience at all with the Baron's Racer.

Here's a pic of one of my clutches of Taiwans. She was about 7 1/2 feet here.

04-15-2010, 03:54 PM	#5
Clay Davenport	I haven't been involved with the beauty snakes for quite a few years, but to the best of my knowledge there has been no morphs of the taiwan beauty specifically. The taiwans are a subspecies of a larger group though and morphs of some of the other subspecies have been found such as albino and calico, and a couple of others. When I was keeping them they were in the genus Elaphe. The genus has been changed I do believe, but I still refer to them by that name out of habit. Taiwans are Elaphe taeniurus friesi. I do not remember exactly, but I believe the albinos were either the Chinese Beauty snakes (E.t.taeniurus), or the Mocquard's Beauty Snake (E.t.mocquardi) I have no experience at all with the Baron's Racer. Here's a pic of one of my clutches of Taiwans. She was about 7 1/2 feet here.