Most Commonly Used Name: Buf
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Dominant to wild-type
Morph Type: Dominant gene mutation
The Buf corn snake was discovered by Jan Notte (corn snake breeder in Europe https://www.slangenbroed.nl/) in 2001. It is the first corn snake gene mutation to be identified as being dominant to wild-type. Buf corns are generally more yellow or gold than most wild-type corns and combining them with Amel (called ORANGE) they resemble Creamsicle mutants (Bufs are not hybrids). Bufs are relatively new to the United States so expect to see many new morph compounds of this beautiful mutation in the near future.
Important Note:
These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site). We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form. Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph. We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.