Paint Jobs: Normal Pattern: Panther Canyon Brilliant Orange
Also called: brilliant orange phase
These are pure Panther Canyon animals. Their mother is a BRILLIANT orange and their father would be called an "Oro del Rio " (River Gold) or golden-orange phase, another Panther Canyon/Closed Canyon locality morph that we are working to establish.
Like with all naturally occuring color phases, these start out brown, tan or golden-brown and go through an ontogenetic color change as they mature.
This beauty from Mike Price's '05 hatch has a very nice light orange and golden-tan background with light lavender highlights. We expect this animal to attain the rich orange coloration of its mother. One of its parents, the father, is displayed on the top of page 38 in the May 2006 issue of Reptiles Magazine.
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