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by Wollers on March 23, 2004
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I recently purchased a cb 03 B.asper and was told it was a male, however, this very young snake has no yellow tail tip. In fact, all 3 aspers that I checked out were sexed as males, yet displayed no yellowish tips. My experience with other species that display yellow/white caudal luring tail tips is that it takes a while for it to completely fade away. My question to the experienced keeper of this species is; do all male B.aspers display a yellow tip, would it had faded after 3 months, or was it just sexed wrong??? Expertise much appreciated. -Mike
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by MattHarris on March 23, 2004
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It was probably sexed wrong. I've yet to see a female with a yellow tail, but I've watched both sexes caudal lure. One theory is that the yellow tip may be advantagous for males due to their dimorphic smaller size. Oddly, my experience has been that males are notoriously more aggressive feeders as neonates and easier to get on a consistent feeding schedule. Also, the survival rate of males seems to be higher than females. My feeling is that, again, this is due to the dimorphic size difference.
If anyone else has other thoughts, i'd love to hear them.
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