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 What dose it mean when a snake has a rainbow in its scales

i have a red tail boa and every time it sheds there is like a rainbow like shine on it whats that mean



04/06/08  09:46am

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 What dose it mean when a snake has a rainbow in its scales

it’s called irradesence. The smoother and shinier the scales generally the more irradesence there will be. I think color effects what color irradesence you get. I just got my first Type II Anery and she has blue, green and purple irradesence, where as all my other Nics show reds, greens and yellows.



04/07/08  07:02pm


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