Snake of the Day 03-18-18

Show & Tell


Some of the best adult Extreme Okeetee corns in the hobby toDAY started life looking much like Anerythristic mutants–at a glance.  Closer examination reveals that the iris of this snake’s eyes are brown, excluding them from potentially being Aneries, and also, some pale orange scales are visible in the first several neucal (neck region) top dorsal ground zone circles.  Neonatal Anery mutants have silver irises and none of the orange in ground color zones.  I said “best adult Extreme Okeetees” looking this way as neonates because arguably, one of the most prominent features of Extreme Okeetees is their extra wide black blotch margins.  As you can see in this snake, only a few of the “pattern blotches” show a faint blush of brown.  As this snake matures some of those solidly black markings will have a brown center, exaggerating their wide black margins.  Oh, and did I forget to mention that this is a BUCKSKIN Extreme Okeetee?  Hence, at maturity, most of the ground color zones will be silver, or at least gray, whereas most have a tan ground color at maturity. A few of these will be offered for sale this year, once they eat two more times.  I anticipate posting them 10 DAYs from toDAY, likely before April, 2018.