THE TANGERINE MILK SNAKE · tangerine hypo morph
Hand-Painted Detail
Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.
Ready to Display
A single, sturdy piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its pose, ready to collect and show off.
Some Honduran milk snakes are simply born orange. Alongside the classic red-black-yellow tricolor, the species has a naturally occurring tangerine phase — and breeders have paired it with ‘hypo’ lines that cut down the black, for an even cleaner, citrus-bright snake.
Tangerine Is Natural
Morph guides list two natural color phases in Honduran milk snakes: tricolor and tangerine. Tangerine animals trade much of the usual yellow for warm orange, so the whole snake glows like citrus.
What ‘Hypo’ Adds
Many Hondurans carry black tips on their scales, which dulls the colors. Hypomelanistic (‘hypo’) lines make less black pigment, leaving cleaner, brighter orange between the rings.
A Lookalike With No Venom
Banded milk snakes resemble venomous coral snakes, which may make predators think twice. In reality they’re harmless constrictors that eat rodents, lizards and even other snakes.
Debuted in a Limited Set
This design first appeared in December 2022 in a small, online-exclusive set of five snakes from AHB’s chubby collection. Its sibling in that set is the red-and-white albino Honduran.
Craft & Specifications
| Line | Solo Edition, by Animal Heavenly Body |
| Approx. Size | About 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.6 in (6 × 5.5 × 4 cm) |
| Material | Hand-painted resin |
| Display | Single figure — ready to display out of the box |
| SKU | AHB-SOLO-07 |
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