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In addition to being pattern mutants, head markings suggest that these two striped-type corns from pairing a Honey Motley to a Butter Motley-Het Sunkissed are actually Sunkissed mutants. The dorsal color zone between the dark dorso-lateral stripes having an obviously darker and continuous tone resembles a pattern mutation demonstrated in other serpent species. It almost gives the appearance of having all the dorsal markings blended together to form one long and contiguous marking down the back — but I’m not saying that is what’s happening. This is rare in corns, and I’m suspicious that it could be the result of a pattern gene mutation for this species. Breeding trials will substantiate or refute my suspicions. No other Sunkissed siblings of these exhibited this pattern, including the Honey Motley siblings.