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Here are some pics of my '03 male Black-Tailed Cribo:

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David must have thought this was the classifieds ...........


bwahahaha, couldn't help it ;)
 
How old are those, Dave?

It looks as though the tails are fading, which could be D. m unicolor influence, as D. m unicolor generally start with coal black tails which fade with age..

Jeff
 
I agree with Jeff. I'd be afraid to call that a black tail or a unicolor at this point. Although it's most definitely a cribo. And I am leaning toward unicolor. Let's see what happens with age. Keep us posted. I'm sure some intergrades have been imported. And from what I have seen in my own uinicolor babies this year, they are highly variable. So it is difficult to tell for sure sometimes.
T.
 
I have been told he is not a true Black-Tail in the past, but thats what I bought him as, so thats what I'll call him....whatever he is, hes an awesome snake to keep. :)
 
BT's and Uni's

Most of the D. m melanurus imports I have seen over the past four - five years have harbored brown or mahogany tails, though most all of the imports ten plus years ago generally harbored coal black tails. Of course, local collecting and export regulations have changed greatly in the Meso Americas over the past ten years, so such could have to do with the localities from which specimens are being collected. We know the geographical ranges between D. m melanurus and D. m unicolor overlap and it is highly likely the two ssp. integrate within such areas, producing offspring with lighter colored tails than "pure" D. m melanurus, though darker than "true" D. m unicolor.
Whatever it is, Dave, I am certain it is a wonderful snake to work with, as all Drys are. I thought the snake was younger, as it appears to be small for a three, going on four, year old, but then again, pictures can be deceiving. All of my D. m melanurus have been at or just shy of 7’ by their fourth birthday, with a couple stretching just past the 8’ mark by that age….

Best regards,

Jeff
 
The pics are deceiving.....he is every bit of 6' long and very robust. He has never missed a meal and loves his rats. :)
 
Thanks David!

I figured that might be the case! While they can be slow to start feeding, they certainly make up for lost time once they do!

Thanks again for sharing,

Jeff
 
About 9 months ago I purchased a "blacktail" cribo as a hatchling. Within 6 months his tail had faded to the point where you almost cannot distinguish it from his body. I was pleasantly suprised that it turned out to be a unicolor.
 
Generally, by the time they are breeding size, their coloration gives them away, as both spp. normally begin life with black tails. However, a few appear to fall somewhere in between..

Jeff
 
Yes but what I'm saying is that it appears to me that Rob purchased what he believed to be a hatchling black tail which later turned out to be a unicolor. That tells me that either the breeder did not know what he had for parent animals, or he lied. Unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible. Question,...Is it possible for two true blacktail adults to breed and produce a hatchling unicolor? Either way, we need to pay better attention to what we are breeding to what.
T.
 
I should mention that I didn't purchase him from a breeder, but a local shop in RI that told me he was captive hatched. No need to worry that a breeder misrepresented him.

As I mentioned, I was quite happy with the outcome considering I paid next to nothing for a unicolor. I just wished I had purchased the other one they had at the same time.
 
"Captive Bred" does not mean that they got it from the breeder. They probably got it from a jobber or dealer. 99% of pet shop herps are "ananonymous". Even if they could track down the dealer/jobber, chances are that they would not know who bred it. And of course, it is not uncommon for someone to by a snake, decide to get rid of it, and take it to the local pet shop. Even if the pet shop DID care, most likely the conversation would go something like "Will you buy this captive bred Cribo?", "Sure, where did you get it", "Some herp show". End of conversation. While sometimes it is possible to track lineages from pet shop snakes, it is certainly not common.
 
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