Show & Tell
The gray blotch borders seen in this yearling 2016 Ultramel Okeetee corn snake used to be lavender colored when this snake first hatched. The pupils were ruby-colored when it hatched, but are a little darker red now. At maturity, these Ultramel Okeetees should have pupils that are nearly black, if not completely black. Ultra and Ultramel-types are more easily distinguished from non-Ultra-types for the first weeks of their lives–via comparison of eye pupil color–but less easily distinguished as they get older.
note: ALL Ultra-type corns (Ultras, Ultramels, Gold Dusts, etc.) in the hobby toDAY (including siblings and ancestors that do not demonstrate the Ultra gene mutation) are descendants of the original pairing of a Corn Snake to an Gray Ratsnake and are therefore technically inter-species hybrids. Bonus pic
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Sibling of above Ultramel Okeetee corn snake.