Show & Tell
This is a Scaleless Amel sibling of the Scaleless Butter featured on June 16th. Note the same orderly markings seen on the Scaleless Butter, typical of many Scaleless corns. The obvious circles between bands would lead some to think this is a Motley mutant, but it’s not. The dark spot on the side that looks like a bruise is actually the heart showing through the flesh and skin. Even visible on most scaled Albino-types at this age, the location of the heart is even more evident in Scaleless neonates like this one. The heart of young corns is best exhibited in scaled versions of Snows and Blizzards but is also visible in virtually any pale-colored hatchling corn.
note: ALL Scaleless corns in the hobby toDAY (including scaled corns that are carriers of the Scale-less mutation) are descendants of the original pairing of a Corn Snake to an Emory’s Ratsnake (aka: Great Plains Ratsnake) and are therefore technically inter-species hybrids.